An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England from the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England.
London: D. Browne and A. Millar, c. 1760. Edition: Fifth edition, Binding: Contemporary full calf, upper and lower boards with gilt floral centerpiece within two thin gilt lines, rebacked expertly preserving the original spine in six compartments of raised bands and a gilt diamond pattern, gilt morocco label on two, gilt text on six, gilt tooling along board edges, endpapers marbled., Notes: Nathaniel Bacon was the half brother of Sir Francis Bacon and the son of Nicholas Bacon. He was a member of the Suffolk committee for the defence against the Royalists, an M.P. for Cambridge University and Master of requests during Richard Cromwell's protectorate. The book, according to the Dictionary of National Biography, is a sort of constitutional history of England, showing much knowledge of the development of its institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and hierarchical pretensions. , Size: Large 4to, Volume: Two volumes in one., References: Graesse I:247., Pages: P. title, blank, advertisement (2), half title, blank, advertisement iii-iv, contents v-vi, preface vii-viii, index xiii-xix, blank, 1-203; half-title, blank, preface iii-xii, 1-178, contents (2), index (5)., Category: Book Social Sciences; Book History. Occasional faint foxing, otherwise an excellent copy. Item #B1846
Edition: Fifth edition, Binding: Contemporary full calf, upper and lower boards with gilt floral centerpiece within two thin gilt lines, rebacked expertly preserving the original spine in six compartments of raised bands and a gilt diamond pattern, gilt morocco label on two, gilt text on six, gilt tooling along board edges, endpapers marbled., Notes: Nathaniel Bacon was the half brother of Sir Francis Bacon and the son of Nicholas Bacon. He was a member of the Suffolk committee for the defence against the Royalists, an M.P. for Cambridge University and Master of requests during Richard Cromwell's protectorate. The book, according to the Dictionary of National Biography, is a sort of constitutional history of England, showing much knowledge of the development of its institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and hierarchical pretensions. , Size: Large 4to, Volume: Two volumes in one., References: Graesse I:247., Pages: P. title, blank, advertisement (2), half title, blank, advertisement iii-iv, contents v-vi, preface vii-viii, index xiii-xix, blank, 1-203; half-title, blank, preface iii-xii, 1-178, contents (2), index (5)., Category: Book Social Sciences; Book History.
Price: $1,500.00