Item #2305478 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 Amount and Application of the Droits of the Crown and Admiralty; the Robbery of Charitable Foundations; the Profits of the Bank of England, arising from the Issue of its Notes, Balances of Public Money, Management of the Borough Debt, and other Sources of Emolument; the Debt, Revenue, and Influence of the East-India Company; the State of the Finances, Debt, and Sinking-Fund. to which is Added, Correct Lists of both Houses of Parliament; showing their Relationship, Parliamentary Influence, the Places and Pensions held by themselves or Relations, distinguishing also those who voted against Catholic Emancipation, and for the Seditious Meeting and Press-Restriction Bills; the whole forming a complete Exposition of the Cost, Influence, Patronage, and Corruption of the Borough Government. John Wade.

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 Amount and Application of the Droits of the Crown and Admiralty; the Robbery of Charitable Foundations; the Profits of the Bank of England, arising from the Issue of its Notes, Balances of Public Money, Management of the Borough Debt, and other Sources of Emolument; the Debt, Revenue, and Influence of the East-India Company; the State of the Finances, Debt, and Sinking-Fund. to which is Added, Correct Lists of both Houses of Parliament; showing their Relationship, Parliamentary Influence, the Places and Pensions held by themselves or Relations, distinguishing also those who voted against Catholic Emancipation, and for the Seditious Meeting and Press-Restriction Bills; the whole forming a complete Exposition of the Cost, Influence, Patronage, and Corruption of the Borough Government.

London: John Fairburn, 1820. First Edition. Half-Leather. Fair / No Jacket. Item #2305478

First edition. Front board loose, rear board loosening, boards heavily rubbed with some loss from corners, interior clean and unmarked. A good candidate for restoration.

480 pp. 8vo. "An extraordinary document which details the corruption and financial abuses of the British government as well as the sinecures and privileges of the army, church, and other groups. It was drawn up by John Wade as part of the radical movement to expand the franchise in England in 1832." -- libertyfund

Price: $125.00