THE DEMOCRAT; OR INTRIGUES AND ADVENTURES OF JEAN LE NOIR, FROM HIS INLISTMENT AS A DRUMMER IN GENERAL ROCHEMBEAU'S ARMY, AND ARRIVAL AT BOSTON, TO HIS BEING DRIVEN FROM ENGLAND IN 1795, AFTER HAVING BORNE A CONSPICUOUS PART IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, AND AFTER A GREAT VARIETY OF ENTERPRIZES, HAZARDS AND ESCAPES DURING HIS STAY IN ENGLAND, WHERE HE WAS SENT IN QUALITY OF DEMOCRATIC MISSIONARY. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I [-II]

[Pye, Henry James]

Published by Printed for James Rivington, New York, 1795

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Two volumes in one: [12], 136; [4], 162 pp. As issued, with half title to each volume. Disbound, a couple of light rubberstamps, scattered foxing. Good+. The Preface to this fictional biography describes "the life and adventures of a Democratic Missionary, sent from the Metropolitan See of Sedition and Murder at Paris, to propagate their principles in a neighbouring country." It warns of Le Noir's "itinerant gang," all of "the tribe of Shylock," whose "political cant" attempts "to equalize the property of every one." The author was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1790 until his death in 1813. The first edition issued from London, also in 1795. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Howes P665 'aa'. Evans 29375. Gaines 95-14. Sabin 66861. ESTC W37902. Seller Inventory # 35125

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Title: THE DEMOCRAT; OR INTRIGUES AND ADVENTURES OF...

Publisher: Printed for James Rivington, New York

Publication Date: 1795

Edition: 1st Edition