DE LOLME ON THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION (2).

LOLME, JEAN LOUIS de.
Constitution de l'Angleterre ou etat du gouvernement anglais, compare avec la forme republicaine et avec les autres monarchies de l'Europe. Nouvelle édition entiere revue & corrigée sur la quatrième édition anglaise, dedicated au roi d'Angre & ornée du portrait de l'auteur. I-II. A Genève, chez Barde, Manget & Compagnie [...] & se trouve à Paris, chez Buisson, 1787.
8vo. 193 x 122 mm. XXXII, 247; 286 pp. 1 engraved portrait, Well-preserved near contemporary half calf with gilt spines brick-red and green labels, marbled boards and red sprinkled edges. Some faint foxing. Owner's name, Stierncrantz, on front fly leaves. 2 volumes.

Jean Luis de Lolme (1740-1806) was a Swiss lawyer and political philosopher. While in exile in England, where he sustained himself as a writer and journalist, he published his "Constitution..." in 1771. The year after "A parallel between the English constitution and the former government of Sweden; containing some observations on the late revolution in that Kingdom" was published. It was highly critical of the period called the age of freedom (1719-72). His bboks made a strong impression on John Adams, one of the American "founding fathers".