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MACKWORTH, Sir Humphrey (1657--1727)
A vindication of the rights of the commons. By a member of the Honourable the House of Commons. The second edition.
London (Place), printed by F. Collins; and are to be sold by J. Nutt,, 1701.
[12], 40 p. ; 32.4 cm. (2°)

Anonymous. First published in 1701. Dedication signed: Humphrey Mackworth. A 'Member of the Honourable the House of Commons' = Sir Humphrey Mackworth. ESTC t175393.

Copy Notes Bound (16) after Albert Durer revived, [1685?] (q.v.) in a volume of tracts dated between 1679 and 1702 including a response titled A vindication of the rights and prerogatives of ... the House of Lords, 1701 (q.v.), with the armorial bookplate of Thomas Pelham Hood, of Spring-Mount in the County of Antrim, Esq, and the front free-endpaper inscribed in ink R. Reynolds.

Binding Early C18th sheep, blind-ruled and blind-tooled borders, gilt double-ruled spine, later green spine-label, gilt-lettered 'Collection / Of / Tracts'. Later numbered '61' in a series of pamphlet volumes.

Reference Number 5666

Additional Names Reynolds, R.; Hood, Thomas Pelham


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