THE BLACK BOOK; OR, CORRUPTION UNMASKED! BEING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL PLACES, PENSIONS, AND SINECURES, THE REVENUES OF THE CLERGY AND LANDED ARISTOCRACY; THE SALARIES AND EMOLUMENTS IN COURTS OF JUSTICE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; THE EXPENDITURE OF THE CIVIL LIST...THE WHOLE FORMING A COMPLETE EXPOSITION OF THE COST, INFLUENCE, PATRONAGE, AND CORRUPTION OF THE BOROUGH GOVERNMENT.
London: John Fairburn, 1820. [4], 480 pp. Bound in original calf, decorated in gilt on spine [hinges starting, bookplate on front pastedown]. Scattered foxing, Good+. The first edition of this significant contribution to the long struggle for political reform. "The Bible of the Reformers," the book is "a massive compendium..... More