‎Pasquinade‎

‎Anonymous; Pasquinade.‎

‎PASQUIN AND MARFORIO ON THE PEACE : Being A Discussion by those celebrated Statues at Rome of the general Conduct of England but particularly pending the late War and in negotiating the present Peace. Translated from Italian and inscribed to the Earl‎

‎Printed and sold by the Booksellers London: . 1749 64 p. 16 mo. Some leaves with the top margins too closely shaved. 160 mm. Disbound removed. Age stain. Scarce. ESTC T043734. OCLC shows only the example at the National Library of Scotland. A famous essay satire in opposition to the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748 which ended the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748. In Britain George II and his ministers were seen by many as having conducted the war and the peace to the best advantage of Brunswick-Luneburg of which George was Elector rather than Britain. George and Britain did gain from the treaty in one respect: that one clause of it had finally compelled the French to recognize the Hanoverian succession to the British throne and expel the Jacobites from France. The ciphered name on the title and dedication are often taken to stand for Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield 1694-1773. Here in pencil is identified the likely dedicatee - the military Commander John Lindsay twentieth Earl Crawford 1702-1749. The same pencil hand identifies the anonymous author as Henry Fielding. This is unlikely to be correct. W129. Small Box 8. Disbound. Good. Printed and sold by the Booksellers, London: . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 066ADD63