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A narrative of the proceedings relating to the suspension of the King of the French on the 10th of August, 1792

1792 Subjects: Politics and government, Revolutions Forms: Essays Translation Status: Integral English Manchester URL

Contributions

J.B. d'Aumont
author
Thomas Cooper
translator
Thomas Cooper
editor
Matthew Falkner
publisher

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An exposition of the motives, which induced the National Assembly to proclaim the convocation of a National Convention, and to decree the suspension of the executive power in the hands of the king. Published by order of the National Convention, 1792 translation
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Reflections on the English Revolution of 1688, and that of the French, August 10, 1792. By Condorcet. Translated from the French translation
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Reflections on the English Revolution of 1688, and that of the French, August 10, 1792. By Condorcet. Translated from the French translation has other edition
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A narrative of the proceedings relating to the suspension of the King of the French on the 10th of August, 1792 paratext

Notes

In a letter included in the advertisement, d'Aumont claims to have written the narrative in English and to have relied on Cooper for corrections. The narrative is supplemented by an appendix containing two translations: Condorcet's Reflections on the English revolution of 1688 and that of the French, August 10, 1792 and An exposition of the motives, which induced the National Assembly to proclaim the convocation of a National Convention, the latter translated by Cooper.

After Condorcet's pamphlet, Cooper writes, "The preceding translation is copied with some slight alterations from the Star. It was deemed unnecessary to retranslate so short a piece". This is most likely a reference to The Star and Evening Advertiser, the first daily evening newspaper in the world, founded in 1788 by the publishers John Murray and William Lane.

Cooper was not prosecuted for the publication, since the octavo format made it too expensive for a popular public. Patrick Leech, Cosmopolitanism etc., p.153.

Negative review in The Critical Review, vol. VII (London, 1793), pp.56-60.