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 of all the abuses, electoral, ecclesiastical, legal, which they sought to abolish. It was first published in 1820 and passed through edition after edition." PMM.
Goldsmiths 23071. Printing and the Mind of Man page 180. Item #26011
Price: $275.00