Title: A True History of the Several Designs and Conspiracies, Against His Majesties Sacred Person and Government; as They Were Continually Carry’d on From 1688 till 1697. Containing Matters Extracted From Original Papers, Depositions of the Witnesses, and Authentick Records... Author: Kingston, Richard Place: London Publisher: For the author Date: 1698 Description: [xiv], 312 pp. (8vo) 17x10.5 cm (6¾x4¼"), period full calf. First Edition. "This semi-official history of Jacobite conspiracies was intended to influence the controversy over disbanding the army, and prove that the perjurer John Lunt's ‘Lancashire plot’ of 1694 was genuine. The most valuable part of the book consists of the state papers provided to Kingston by Charles Talbot, duke of Shrewsbury, and never returned." DNB. ESTC R3193; Wing K615. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers detached, lacking front free endpaper; lacking initial blank leaf and without the 4 pages of ads called for at the rear, foxing throughout; internally good. Item number: 245736
Title: A True History of the Several Designs and Conspiracies, Against His Majesties Sacred Person and Government; as They Were Continually Carry’d on From 1688 till 1697. Containing Matters Extracted From Original Papers, Depositions of the Witnesses, and Authentick Records... Author: Kingston, Richard Place: London Publisher: For the author Date: 1698 Description: [xiv], 312 pp. (8vo) 17x10.5 cm (6¾x4¼"), period full calf. First Edition. "This semi-official history of Jacobite conspiracies was intended to influence the controversy over disbanding the army, and prove that the perjurer John Lunt's ‘Lancashire plot’ of 1694 was genuine. The most valuable part of the book consists of the state papers provided to Kingston by Charles Talbot, duke of Shrewsbury, and never returned." DNB. ESTC R3193; Wing K615. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers detached, lacking front free endpaper; lacking initial blank leaf and without the 4 pages of ads called for at the rear, foxing throughout; internally good. Item number: 245736
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