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YEAR 1714 -- Sir Antony WELDON (d.1649). A Cat may look upon a King . Amsterdam [?London]: 1714. 8° (192 x 116mm). Two facing titles, one with woodcut of a king, the other with woodcut of a cat. (Corners of titles soiled.) Marbled boards. Updated edition of Sir Antony Weldon's satirical account, first published in 1652, of the life and character of King James I, with preliminary notices of former English monarchs. [Thomas HUNTER (1666-1725)]. A Modest Defence of the Clergy and Religious, in a Discourse directed to R.C. Chaplain of an English regiment, about his History of Doway College . [?London]: 1714. 8° (168 x 104mm). (Light spotting.) Blind-tooled roan c.1900 (spine chipped and with shelfmark at foot). A reply to Hugh Tootell's work on the history of this college. Provenance : St. Andrews, Hay Fleming Reference Library (booklabel). ONE EDITION-- [William WRIGHT (d.1723)]. The Jacobite Curse, or Excommunication of King George and his Subjects ... to which is added, a poem on the Protestant succession . Glasgow: Hugh Brown, 1714. 4° (200 x 141mm). (Outer margin of three leaves shaved with some loss of letters.) Half calf. With unrecorded title variant, ' Jacobites ' and 'Printed by Huhg Brown'. Provenance : David Murray Glasgow (booklabel). ONE EDITION -- The Duke of Lorraine's letter to Her Majesty. Containing a Description and Character of the Pretender . London: J. Roberts, 1714. 8° (173 x 110mm). (A little spotting.) Roan-backed cloth (spine rubbed). Provenance : William Stirling Maxwell (armorial bookplate). This letter, a piece of Jacobean propoganda, was probably not by the Duke of Lorraine. ONE EDITION -- William CLARKE Dissenting Minister. The Undoubted Heir: and He must Reign. Asserted and prov'd from these words. 1 Sam.XXIV.20... dedicated to the Pretender . London: J. Baker 1714. 8° (188 x 102mm). (Slight repair to title, title and last page soiled.) Calf-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION; with 10 other tracts in 9 volumes, all published in 1714. (14)