407. [AMERICANA] - [SHEBBEARE (John)]. Le Peuple juge, or considerations on which the English people may decide whether the Letter attributed in the Précis des faits to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, is really from that Prince. Translated literally from the English. S.l., 1756, in-12, VIII-160 pp. in blond marbled calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fleurons, red edges (period binding). Hardback: - Le Peuple Instruit, ou les alliances dans lesquelles les ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont engagé la nation, et l'emploi qu'ils ont fait de ses escadres et de ses armées, depuis le commencement des troubles sur l'Ohio, jusqu'à la perte de Minorque, considérés dans une quatrième lettre au peuple d'Angleterre. Translated from the English. S. l, 1756, XXIV-212 pp. Edme-Jacques Genet's first French translations of Shebbeare's two works. An English publicist, John Shebbeare (1709-1788) was unsparing in his criticism of his government. In these works, which take the form of polemical essays, he paints a bleak picture of his country's situation. In particular, he denounced English errors in rivalries with France along the Ohio River, in Nova Scotia and on Minorca. Bookplate M. Dupleix de Bacquencourt, intendant of Amiens. A very fine copy.