The Speech of John Leach, Esq. M.P. In the Committee of the Whole...
Constitutional Limits Imposed on a Regency Leach, John. The Speech of John Leach, Esq. M.P. In the Committee of the Whole House, Upon the State of the Nation, On Monday, December 31, 1810. Upon the Question of Limitations to the Royal Authority in the Hands of the Regent. London: Printed for J. Ridgway, 1811. [ii], 32 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent quarter cloth over marbled boards, printed paper title label to front board. Moderate toning to interior, negligible, gradually diminishing, faint dampstaining to edges of first half of text block. $350. * Second and final edition, published the same year as the first edition. A response to the madness of George III, this speech is distinguished in the debates over the Regency of George IV by its considered review, from the 14th century onward, of the constitutional limits imposed upon a regency. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 14:1052.
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