Love in It's Extasie: or, The Large Prerogative. A Kind of Royall Pastorall Written Long Since, by a Gentleman, Student at ®ton and Now Published. With an Introduction by Robert Birley.

Published by Ilkley: Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, 1981., 1981

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This play originally appeared in 1649, the year King Charles I was executed in Whitehall. The author was said to be a school boy of not yet seventeen years. The writer was probably William Peaps, a distant cousin of Samuel Pepys. The subject is several interwoven love stories, but the underlying theme is how one should react to tyrannyÑi.e., whether revolution is ever justified, and whether tyranny inevitably leads to more tyranny. At the end of the play the remorseless ruler of the kingdom admits that he has erred: "Too long I have practis'd Tyrany;/Mercy hereafter shall become my study." Small octavo. [8], 56, [56, in facsimile] pp. With a list of subscribers. Quarter black morocco over red paper boards, vellum corners, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. A fine copy. Printed in an edition of 170 copies.

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Title
Love in It's Extasie: or, The Large Prerogative. A Kind of Royall Pastorall Written Long Since, by a Gentleman, Student at ®ton and Now Published. With an Introduction by Robert Birley.
Author
[Peaps, William].
Publisher
Ilkley: Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, 1981.
Publication year
1981
Condition
Fine
Binding
Hardcover

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Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Since some of our less expensive books are located in a temperature-controlled storage area offsite, you may want to call ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, history of science, history of computers, and art. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 20th century in all prices ranges. We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes. We purchase individual books and libraries. Proprietors: Michael R. Thompson, Kathleen D. Thompson, Carol Sandberg…

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