A rhapsody on the present system of French politics : on the projected invasion and the means to defeat it : illustrated with plans, on three copper plates

A rhapsody on the present system of French politics : on the projected invasion and the means to defeat it : illustrated with plans, on three copper plates

Political and military rhapsody on the invasion and defence of Great Britain and Ireland

[First ed.]

London Printed for W. Faden, successor to the late T. Jefferys, geographer to the King 1779

[4], 67, 68*-73*, 68-90 p., [3] folded (hand colored) leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm. (8vo)

L2005F159 1790

(OCoLC)61239866

Dedication signed: G. Ll. (General Lloyd)
Later published under title: A political and military rhapsody on the invasion and defence of Great Britain and Ireland
Signatures: [A]2 B-E8 F8 (F2+F3*-[F5*]) G4 H1
Plate [no. 2]: General face of the country on the western roads, chiefly between Plymouth and Exeter engraved by Wm. Faden
With: A political and military rhapsody on the invasion and defence of Great Britain and Ireland, 1790
Author also took issue with the management of the American revolutionary war, insisting that to quell the rebellion British forces must hold "New York, Long Island, Rhode Island, and Philadelphia, and cease to make those fruitless and unmeaning excursions in the American woods."--Cf. p. 27
Ms. notes at foot of p. 20

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