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A COLLECTION OF 62 ‘PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL’ PAMPHLETS, NEWSPAPERS AND BROADSIDES, London: 1681-

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A COLLECTION OF 62 ‘PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL’ PAMPHLETS, NEWSPAPERS AND BROADSIDES, London: 1681-
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A COLLECTION OF 62 ‘PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL’ PAMPHLETS, NEWSPAPERS AND BROADSIDES, London: 1681-1683, bound in one volume, 2° (287 x 180mm).18th-century half calf and marbled boards (covers detached). Including:

W.R. A Loyal Appeal to the Protestant Dissenters who unjustly complain of a present persecution. London: Joseph Hindmarsh, 1681. One sheet. 3 copies in ESTC. Wing R-97A – The Popes Threatning Letter to the French King. London: Henry Brome, 1681. 8p. Latin and English text. Wing P-1204 -- The Answers commanded by His Majesty to be given by … the Earl of Nottingham … upon several addresses presented to His Majesty in Council at Hampton Court. 29th of May, 1681. [London]: reprinted for the use of the managers of the Bank of England, [1700?]. One sheet. One copy (BL). Wing C-2890C (wrongly giving date as 19 May 1681) – A List of the Dukes, Marquisses, Earls … summoned by writ to the Parliament … one and twentieth day of March 1680/81. London: John Starkey, 1681. Broadsheet, folded. Names in three columns. 6 copies. Wing L-2419A -- DEMOCRITUS. The Petitioning-comet or A Brief Chronology of all the Famous Comets and their Events. London: Nat. Thompson, 1681. (Waterstained.) Wing P-1864 – A Full and True Relation of a Comet or Blazing-star … seen by many ... in this city of London. [London: 1679]. 4p. (Waterstained.) 6 copies. Wing F-2314 -- [PENN, William]. The Great Question …How far Religion is concerned in Policy or Civil Government, and Policy in Religion. [London: 1679]. 8p. Sabin 59704; Wing P-1300 - -PHILANGLUS. A Letter to a Friend concerning the next Parliament’s Sitting at Oxford. [London]: J.K., 1681. One sheet. 5 copies. Wing L-1644 – Lachrymae Anglicanae or England’s Tears for the Dissolution of Parliament at Oxford, Monday March 28, 1681. [London]: R.J., 1681. One sheet. 4 copies. Wing L-134B – The Protestant Mercury Numb. 62. London: Langley Curtis, August 6-10, 1681. One sheet. This number not in ESTC – The King of Morocco’s Letter by his Ambassador to the King of England. London: Richard Janeway, 1682. One sheet. 7 copies. Wing K-568 – Reflections upon the conduct of the King of Great Britain in the Late Wars. [London: H.R., 1682]. 4p. (Holed with minor loss.) 7 copies. Wing R-727 – The Case of Edmond Prideaux Esq. [London: 1682]. One sheet. (Cropped with slight loss.) Concerning the 1682 election. One copy (Harvard). Wing P-3411aA. – Mehmet IV, Sultan. A Declaration or Denouncing of War … sent to the Emperor of Germany .. March 25th 1683. London: Langley Curtis, 1683. One sheet. One of two issues. One copy (Bodleian). Wing M-263 – J.S. A Letter from a Gentleman at New-Market giving a full … account of the dreadful fire. London: J. Grantham, 1683. One sheet. (Frail, torn and holed with minor losses.) 5 copies. Wing S-70 -- An Account of How the Earl of Essex killed himself in the Tower of London. London: assigns of John Bill [and others], 1683. 8p. (Somewhat soiled.) Wing A-175.


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A COLLECTION OF 62 ‘PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL’ PAMPHLETS, NEWSPAPERS AND BROADSIDES, London: 1681-1683, bound in one volume, 2° (287 x 180mm).18th-century half calf and marbled boards (covers detached). Including:

W.R. A Loyal Appeal to the Protestant Dissenters who unjustly complain of a present persecution. London: Joseph Hindmarsh, 1681. One sheet. 3 copies in ESTC. Wing R-97A – The Popes Threatning Letter to the French King. London: Henry Brome, 1681. 8p. Latin and English text. Wing P-1204 -- The Answers commanded by His Majesty to be given by … the Earl of Nottingham … upon several addresses presented to His Majesty in Council at Hampton Court. 29th of May, 1681. [London]: reprinted for the use of the managers of the Bank of England, [1700?]. One sheet. One copy (BL). Wing C-2890C (wrongly giving date as 19 May 1681) – A List of the Dukes, Marquisses, Earls … summoned by writ to the Parliament … one and twentieth day of March 1680/81. London: John Starkey, 1681. Broadsheet, folded. Names in three columns. 6 copies. Wing L-2419A -- DEMOCRITUS. The Petitioning-comet or A Brief Chronology of all the Famous Comets and their Events. London: Nat. Thompson, 1681. (Waterstained.) Wing P-1864 – A Full and True Relation of a Comet or Blazing-star … seen by many ... in this city of London. [London: 1679]. 4p. (Waterstained.) 6 copies. Wing F-2314 -- [PENN, William]. The Great Question …How far Religion is concerned in Policy or Civil Government, and Policy in Religion. [London: 1679]. 8p. Sabin 59704; Wing P-1300 - -PHILANGLUS. A Letter to a Friend concerning the next Parliament’s Sitting at Oxford. [London]: J.K., 1681. One sheet. 5 copies. Wing L-1644 – Lachrymae Anglicanae or England’s Tears for the Dissolution of Parliament at Oxford, Monday March 28, 1681. [London]: R.J., 1681. One sheet. 4 copies. Wing L-134B – The Protestant Mercury Numb. 62. London: Langley Curtis, August 6-10, 1681. One sheet. This number not in ESTC – The King of Morocco’s Letter by his Ambassador to the King of England. London: Richard Janeway, 1682. One sheet. 7 copies. Wing K-568 – Reflections upon the conduct of the King of Great Britain in the Late Wars. [London: H.R., 1682]. 4p. (Holed with minor loss.) 7 copies. Wing R-727 – The Case of Edmond Prideaux Esq. [London: 1682]. One sheet. (Cropped with slight loss.) Concerning the 1682 election. One copy (Harvard). Wing P-3411aA. – Mehmet IV, Sultan. A Declaration or Denouncing of War … sent to the Emperor of Germany .. March 25th 1683. London: Langley Curtis, 1683. One sheet. One of two issues. One copy (Bodleian). Wing M-263 – J.S. A Letter from a Gentleman at New-Market giving a full … account of the dreadful fire. London: J. Grantham, 1683. One sheet. (Frail, torn and holed with minor losses.) 5 copies. Wing S-70 -- An Account of How the Earl of Essex killed himself in the Tower of London. London: assigns of John Bill [and others], 1683. 8p. (Somewhat soiled.) Wing A-175.


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