HISTORICA L

DEVELOPEMENT

OF THE PRESENT

POLITICAL CONSTITUTION

O F THE

GERMANIC EMPIRE.

By JOHN STEPHEN PÜTTER,

PRIVY COUNSELLOR OF JUSTICE, ORDINARY PROFESSOR
OF LAWS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTTINGEN, MEM-
BER OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT BERLIN, &C.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN,

With NOTES, and a comparative View of the REVENUES,
POPULATION, FORCES, &c. of the refpective TERRITORIES,
from the Statistical Tables lately publifhed at BERLIN,

By JOSIAH DORNFORD, of LINCOLN'S INN, LL.D.
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COTTINGEN, AND LATE OF

TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.

LONDON:

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M,DCC,XC.

To the Queen
Madam

I glory in the conscious

satisfaction of dedicating this translation
to the munificent and avowed Pakoness of
Literature? One page at least has secured
to itself a degree of reflected lustre by your
Royal permission for this address. The
indulgence is an honour so flattering that
it will ever be remembered with the utmost

gratitude. Condescend graciously to accepte
this humble testimony of respect from,
Madam, Your Majesty's most dutiful,

(and most devoted Servant,

Josiah Domford