Popish Plot. A collection of fourteen 17th century pamphlets relating to the Popish Plot, including impeachments & trial reports. Comprising: The Report of the Committee of the Commons, Appointed to Examine the Proceedings of the Judges, including the Resolutions of the Commons for the Impeachment of the Judges (being William Scroggs, Sir Thomas Jones & Sir Richard Weston), 145-147, 139-142, 153-159; 1679 The Information of David Morris, presented to His Majesty in Council by Mr. David Morris and Mr. John Serjeant, 5-7; 1678 Articles of Impeachment of High Treason against Thomas Earl of Danby Lord High Treasurer of England, 7-10; Jesuita Vapulans: or a Whip for the Fool's Back, and a Gag for his Foul Mouth, in a just Vindication of Sixteen Noble Peers of the Realm, Petitioning the King, 1-2; 1679 An Impartial Account of Divers Remarkable Proceedings the last sessions of Parliament Relating to the Horrid Popish Plot, 1-2; 1678 A Sermon at the Funeral of Sir Edmund-Berry Godfrey, one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace, who was Barbarously Murdered, 42pp; 1680 The Humble Address of the House of Commons, resented to his Majesty upon Tuesday the 21th day of December 1680, 133-143; 1680 An Exact and True Narrative of the Late Popish Intrigue to form a Plot, and then to cast the Guilt and Odium thereof upon the Protestants, collected by Col. Roderick Mansell, 1-68, 99-105; Articles of Impeachment of High Treason and other Crimes and Offences against William Earl of Powis, William Viscount Stafford, Henry Lord Arundel of Wardour, William Lord Petre, and John Lord Bellaris, now Prisoners in the Tower, 3-6; 1672 The Information of Mr. James Carroll, Junior, of the City of Dublin...the first discoverer of the Horrible and Bloody Irish Plot against the Protestants of that Kingdom, taken upon Oath before the Right Worshipful Sir George Treby, 12pp; 1680 The Report from the Committee of the Commons in Parliament to consider the Petition of Sir Richard Thompson of Bristol and the Resolution for his Impeachment; 161-164 followed by misnumbered 161-164; 1680 The Report of the Committee for Receiving Informations concerning the Popish Plot; upon the Complaint of Mr. Peter Norris, 123-129; An Intimation of the Deputies of the States General, in a late discourse with Mr. Sidney Extraordinary Envoy from His Majesty of Great Britain, 4pp; and 1681 The Arraignment and Plea of Edward Fitzharris Esq., 1-66. All presented unbound or disbound, edgewear & age-toning commensurate with age. A fascinating collection of loose pamphlets relating to the fictitious plot ignited by Titus Oates, which resulted in the trials and executions of twenty-two men.
Sold for £570
Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED, ending 13th Nov, 2024
Our final specialist Books & Works on Paper sale of the year includes a remarkable fourth edition of Paradise Lost from the library of Master of Revels Charles Killigrew, a beautiful mid 19th century collection of pressed seaweed, an exceptionally scarce first edition of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, and beyond that an impressive, smart and diverse collection of modern first editions, antiquarian titles, ephemera, and a specialist map section.
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