State Tracts: Being a Collection of Several Treatises Relating to the Government. Privately Printed in the Reign of K. Charles II

Published by London: Printed in the Year, 1689, 1689

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Folio, contemporary sprinkled calf, blind rules and decorations, red morocco spine label, gilt lettering "State / Tracts / Vol. / I" 28 tracts on English affairs during the reign of Charles II, written mostly as anonymous pamphlets during the decade 1671-1681 and compiled here as an act of preservation "for the sole use of some particular Gentlemen, who set an extraordinary value and estimate upon them." Politics and life under Charles II are the primary subjects, with an emphasis on anti-Catholicism, including poet Andrew Marvell's An Account of the Growth of Popery, first published in Amsterdam in 1677. There was a second volume in 1692, and both volumes were reprinted together in 1693. See ESTC R17906 and R28848. From the library of prominent Englishman of the era, John Evelyn (1620-1706), with the later JE bookplate on the front paste-down and contemporary ink manuscript shelf mark. Evelyn Library Part III, Christie, Manson & Woods, March 16, 1978, lot 1414; sold again at Sotheby's London December 3, 1979, lot 35. A foolish modern owner has clumsily written in ink on the front free endpaper "Sotheby-London December 3, 1979, Lot 35 - 1 of 4, all for . . . " The amount paid has been excised. Edges rubbed with some loss at the end and foot of the spine; hinges starting, but sound; some spotting and small stains; very good copy. ESTC R10117; Wing S5329; NCBEL I, 1223 (A. Marvell).…

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Title
State Tracts: Being a Collection of Several Treatises Relating to the Government. Privately Printed in the Reign of K. Charles II
Author
[ANONYMOUS COMPILER]
Publisher
London: Printed in the Year, 1689
Publication year
1689
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First edition.
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The Brick Row Book Shop is one of the oldest antiquarian book businesses in the United States. We specialize in first editions, rare books and manuscripts from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, with a strong emphasis on English and American Literature. We maintain a shop open by appointment or chance near Union Square in downtown San Francisco; we issue catalogues; and we participate in antiquarian book fairs in New York, Boston and Northern and Southern California. Enjoy your visit to our website or if in San Francisco, come visit us in person. Calling ahead for an appointment is always advisable.…

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