| Item Description: | Concerns the Mémoire justificatif pour servir de réponse ä l'Exposé, &c. de la cour de France (London, 1779), written by Edward Gibbon at official request, which relates to the conduct of France in assisting the Americans in the war for independence. - English Short Title Catalog, W28714. - Evans, 17093. - Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4079. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Sabin, 68124. - Translation of an anonymous pamphlet entitled: Observations sur le Mémoire justificatif de la cour de Londres (Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1780), attributed to J.-M. Gérard de Rayneval in: Barbier, M. Dictionaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes. 2d ed. (Paris, 1827), s.v. 23110. Attributed to Pierre Beaumarchais by Evans, who names Peter Stephen Du Ponceau as translator. Beaumarchais published a distinct work with the same title under his own name, whose imprint reads: A Londres, ä Philadelphie, 1779 |
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