A SHORT REVIEW OF THE RECENT AFFAIR OF HONOR BETWEEN HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK, AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL LENOX. WITH FREE AND IMPARTIAL STRICTURES AND COMMENTS UPON THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING IT. BY THE CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY IN ONE OF THE REGIMENTS OF GUARDS

London: Printed for J. Bell, at the British Library, Strand, 1789. [4], 42, [2 blanks], with half title and final blank. Fine, in modern speckled cloth.

The author, evidently an expert on the etiquette of the Law of Honor, explains that military officers must, "in a pre-eminent degree, be jealous of their character, and peculiarly quick in the perception of those circumstances which may impart the slightest soil to the purity of their reputation." The duel between Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, and Lieutenant Colonel Lenox was "the most unprecedented and most singular in its nature and circumstances."
The Duke had remarked that "language had been used at D'Aubigny's Club toward Lenox, to which no gentleman ought to submit." When the Duke refused, "in terms of haughty defiance," to disclose the identity of the source, Lenox in vain sought the information from each member of D'Aubigny's. Lenox "had now a right to conclude, that the Duke of York was himself the author of the calumny."
Lenox challenged; the Duke accepted, simultaneous pistol fire being the agreed weapon. But, as the Duke had privately advised his seconds, he had no intention of shooting. The Duke, who claimed no animosity toward Lenox, reserved his fire [DNB says the Duke fired into the air]. Lenox's bullet grazed the Duke. In a long discourse on the elaborate formalities of the Duel, the author vindicates Lenox's honor and denounces the Duke's "duplicity and deceit."
ESTC T11100.