The Trial of Henry Lord Viscount Melville, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers,in Westminster Hall, in Full Parliament, for High Crimes andMisdemeanors, upon an Impeachment, by the Knights, Citizens andBurgesses in Parliament Assembled, in the Name of Themselves, andof All the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain andIreland, Begun the 29th Day of April, 1806, and from ThenceContinued, by Several Adjournments, until the 12th Day of June,1806. Published by Order of the House of Peers

GURNEY, Joseph. & William Brodie

Published by London. Printedfor Joseph Gurney and William Brodie Gurney.1806

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folio, 39cm,first edition, [viii]5- 414,[ii]p., Gurney book ads, complete withadvertisement frontis, printed in double columns, in contemporaryfull speckled brown calf, gilt ruled real raised bands, crushedcrimson morocco label gilt, hinge starting but sound, a very goodto fine. (ds1) One of the few substantial contemporary accounts ofthe last English impeachment trial, conducted in the House ofLords. The accused was Henry Dundas Lord Melville considered to bethe foremost Scotsman of the eighteenth century. It is interestingto note that Dundas could have avoided these proceedings, had hesubmitted to criminal charges, but chose to face impeachment,expecting that his chances were better before his fellow Lords.History proved him right. Melville was tried and acquitted by hispeers in the House of Lords for alleged financial malpractice asTreasurer of the Navy. The case aroused considerable interest,especially in Scotland. Seller Inventory # 36580

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Title: The Trial of Henry Lord Viscount Melville, ...

Publisher: London. Printedfor Joseph Gurney and William Brodie Gurney.1806

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition.