Overtures of Peace with France [William Pitt the Younger]

Overtures of Peace with France

William Pitt the Younger

William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800 and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801. He left office in March 1801, but served as prime minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer for all of his time as prime minister. He is known as "Pitt the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, who had previously served as prime minister and is referred to as "William Pitt the Elder" (or "Chatham" by historians). Pitt served as prime minister for a total of eighteen years, 343 days, making him the second-longest serving British prime minister of all time, after Robert Walpole.

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Octavo. 112 pp, set in Bodoni and printed on Zuber Rieder pure cotton paper in an edition of 25 copies (this is no 2).
Bound by hand in leather with marbled boards, in a slipcase.
Attractively bound by hand, titles, and decoration to spine gilt, marbled edges.

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