Higgons B Evill (2 results)

iv, 19, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very Good, with elaborate and attractive type ornamentation. "First issued in 1713 as 'A poem on the peace'." [ESTC]. The treaty ceded to Britain Gibraltar, Minorca, Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland; and accorded Britain the exclusive right to import black slaves into America for 30 years ESTC N11716.…

8vo. 19cm, Second Edition, with Additions,[vi],354,[13]pp., chapter head & tail pieces and decorated firstinitials, index, in contemporary full rebacked in tan calf, raised bands,contemporary hand-written spine title label, very good to fine condition(). ~ A history of England contemporary with the English Civil War and published first in 1724 - "The Author has lets these Papers lie cover'dwith Dust these 36 Years, till every Person concern'd was remov'd fromthe Stage.". (Author's preface). English historian, poet and JacobiteBevill Higgons(1670-1735) went into exile in France with James II. Hedevoted his life to literary pursuits after being incarcerated in 1695as a suspect in an attempted assassination of William III. The secondedition of this book was dated in 1734 and Higgons dedicated it to TheDuchess of Buckingham and Normandy. This copy has a hand-writtencontemporary (?) note: "This work was ordered by the English Parliamentto be burnt by the Hangman." Unfortunately no verification of this notehas been found.…