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Item #72895 Thoughts on a Parliamentary Reform. The Second Edition, London, 1784. Soame Jenyns.

Thoughts on a Parliamentary Reform. The Second Edition, London, 1784.

Against Universal Suffrage [Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787)]. Thoughts on a Parliamentary Reform. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, In Pall Mall, 1784. [ii], 26 pp. Lacking half-title. Quarto (7-1/4" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, edges untrimmed. Light toning, occasional light foxing, light soiling to first and final leaves, some signatures loose, two small ink stamps to verso of title page. $150. * Second edition, one of three London issues from the same year. In his last work before his death, Jenyns, first elected to Parliament in 1742, acknowledges the necessity of parliamentary reform but rejects the possibility of universal suffrage. The argument was widely read and sparked several replies. English Short-Title Catalogue N14358.

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