1685 Thomas Sprat Assassination of King Charles II England Rye House Plot 2in1
A first-hand account of the plot to assassinate King Charles II!
Thomas Sprat was involved with one of the most controversial conspiracies in 17th-century Britain. The Rye House Plot was a plan, in 1683, to assassinate King Charles II and his brother James II. This book includes two works, and the two were intended to be published together.
1685 Thomas Sprat Assassination of King Charles II England Rye House Plot 2in1
A first-hand account of the plot to assassinate King Charles II!
Thomas Sprat was involved with one of the most controversial conspiracies in 17th-century Britain. The Rye House Plot was a plan, in 1683, to assassinate King Charles II and his brother James II. This book includes two works, and the two were intended to be published together.
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Price: $950
SPRAT, Thomas
A true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late king, His present Majesty, and the government : as it was order’d to be published by His late Majesty…’Copies of the Informations and Original Papers Relating to the Proof of the Horrid conspiracy against the Late King’
In the Savoy [London], Printed by T. Newcomb, 1685. Second edition.
Details:
- Collation complete with all pages: 2 volumes: [6], 167; [2], 141.
- Binding: Leather; tight and secure
- References:
- Lowndes 2483
- “This [work] is always considered a discreditable production, and the author himself completely destroyed all its pretensions to authenticity; for in letters which he wrote after the Revolution, he admits that James II altered the papers in divers passages, and then caused them to be printed.”
- First edition has a different title, “A true Account of the Rye House Plot”
- ESTC R218802 & R492938
- Wing S-5065A and S-5029A
- Lowndes 2483
- Language: English
- Size: ~12.5in X 8.25in (32cm x 21cm)
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Categories
Law & Government
European History
Authors
SPRAT, Thomas
Printing Date
17th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete