The Death-Bed of Politics; Or, the Coming of the Comet in Seven Days. with Humorous Etchings
by A Planet-Struck Poet (Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3d Marquis Of Landsdowne)
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London: James Ridgway. Very Good. (1833). Softcover. Soil, some spotting to covers; soil to foredge. ; viii, 40 pp. , frontis; printed grey wrappers; two plate iillustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, (1780 1863) , known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809, was a British statesman. In a ministerial career spanning nearly half a century, he notably served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer and was three times Lord President of the Council. Active in Whig politics, he consistently championed the cause of Catholic Emancipation, and yet also sympathized with advocates for the abolition of slavery which the church had practiced for centuries. He was also a proponent of Popular Education. Here, after an engaging preface promising to 'box the ears' of the body politic, Fitzmaurice pens a satirical poem depicting the seven day arrival of a comet and its effect on activities and hypocricies of that body in the face of certain doom. Like climate change in our time, but quicker. .
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- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA (US)
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- Title
- The Death-Bed of Politics; Or, the Coming of the Comet in Seven Days. with Humorous Etchings
- Author
- A Planet-Struck Poet (Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3d Marquis Of Landsdowne)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- James Ridgway
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1833)
- Keywords
- Poliics, HISTORY, Great Britain, HUMOR, HUMOUR
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- Humour;
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