A warning to Britons against French perfidy and cruelty
Subtitle: or, A short account of the treacherous and inhuman conduct of the French officers and soldiers towards the peasants of Suabia, during the invasion of Garmany in 1796
By: selected and translated from a well-authenticated German publication, by Anthony Aufrere, Esq. With an address to the people of Great Britain by the translator
Contributors: Wright, J. (John), 1770?-1844, bookseller; Hatchard, John, 1768-1849, bookseller; Cadell & Davies; Boston Public Library
Publisher: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand; and J. Wright, and J. Hatchard, in Piccadilly
Published: 1798
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: France. Armee; First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797; Swabia (Germany : Landvogtei); Military atrocities; France; Early works to 1800; Invasions; Swabians; Atrocities; History
Work titles: Cannibals' progress. Selections. English
Notes: Originally published under title The cannibals' progress, or, The dreadful horrors of French invasion.

Signatures : A-C℗£℗ø.

"[Price One Shilling]" --title page.

ESTC, T715

Text in English, translated from the original German.

Catalogued 20160129 bhealy

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy included in a "bound-with" volume of works on the French Revolution. Copy quarter-bound in marbled papers and tan leather over boards. Spine title in gilt over red leather square. Spine includes decorative device of the Boston Public Library in gilt near tail. Front pastedown includes ex libris (bookplate) of the Boston Public Library (featuring the seal of the city of Boston), including accession number, shelf number, and accession date in (faded to brown) black ink script. Front matter includes collective title page, bearing the seal of the city of Boston at its head, with "Pamphlets. French Revolution" in black ink script. Leaf following collective title page bears shelf number, accession number, and accession date in pencil. Rear pastedown includes partial remnants of affixed library due date label, & blue ink stamp of the Boston Public Library Bindery (dated "OCT 8 1881") at head-/fore-edge. Copy printed on antique laid papers featuring horizontal chainlines, vertical wire lines, & watermark visible at center of page.

Bound with : Recherches et r©♭flexions nouvelles sur la convocation & la composition des Etats-G©♭n©♭raux. [1789?]