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Lambe (Samuel) Seasonable Observations humbly offered to His Highness the Lord Protector, [2], 20pp., with initial blank, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece and initial, At the Authors charge...by William Hope, 1657 bound after Case of Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury (The), 16pp., by K.P. for C.R., 1679 and [Blount (Charles)], "Junius Brutus". An Appeal from the Country to the City, for the preservation of His Majesties Person, Liberty, Property, and the Protestant Religion, 8pp., caption title, [1679] and Clarendon (Earl of) Two Letters...to His Royal Highness the Duke of York...[&] the Dutchess, occasion'd by Her embracing the Roman Catholick Religion, 4pp. caption title, [?1680] and D. (J.) A Word without Doors Concerning the Bill for Succession, 4pp., caption title, [1679] and [Smith (Francis)], "Tom. Tickle-foot the Taborer". Some Observations upon the Late Tryals of Sir George Wakeman, 11pp., for A.Brewster, 1679 and Impartial Account (An) of Divers Remarkable Proceedings...of Parliament relating to the Horrid Popish Plot, &c., [2], 26pp., 1679 and Smith (John) The Narrative...containing a further Discovery of the late Horrid and Popish-plot, [8], 35pp., with initial imprimatur leaf and errata to p.35, by Robert Boulter, 1679 and Sarpi (Paolo) A Treatise of Matters Beneficiary, [8], 48, 59-84, [2] pp., with final blank, by Thomas Hodgkin..., 1680 and Cotton (Sir Robert) The Antiquity and Dignity of Parliaments, [2], 13pp., 1679, together 10 works in 1 vol., the first item bound last, contemporary ink manuscript list of contents on front free endpaper and receipts at beginning and end (upside down), some light soiling, a few minor stains, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and soiled, ink note and calculations to upper cover, [Wing L229, C883, B3300AB, C4421, D48, S4540, I63, S4127, S701 & C6481], folio

⁂ The first item is scarce, with only 6 UK copies listed by ESTC and a further 5 elsewhere. This copy contains an initial blank and 20pp. text with the final leaf p.19 headed "To his Highness the Lord Protector..." and catchword on previous page "To" (but verso paginated "12"). ESTC calls for 18pp. and a final blank, plus a second section of 4pp. with caption title "A Post-script", stating "In this edition, the colophon does not include the bookseller's name William Hope. Wing reports edition with 'to be sold by William Hope' in colophon", as in the present copy. Evidently there are 2 variants and this edition appears to be complete.

Lot 32

Lambe (Samuel) Seasonable Observations humbly offered to His Highness the Lord Protector, At the Authors charge...by William Hope, 1657 bound with 9 other 17th century pamphlets, contemporary vellum  

Hammer Price: £600

Description

Lambe (Samuel) Seasonable Observations humbly offered to His Highness the Lord Protector, [2], 20pp., with initial blank, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece and initial, At the Authors charge...by William Hope, 1657 bound after Case of Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury (The), 16pp., by K.P. for C.R., 1679 and [Blount (Charles)], "Junius Brutus". An Appeal from the Country to the City, for the preservation of His Majesties Person, Liberty, Property, and the Protestant Religion, 8pp., caption title, [1679] and Clarendon (Earl of) Two Letters...to His Royal Highness the Duke of York...[&] the Dutchess, occasion'd by Her embracing the Roman Catholick Religion, 4pp. caption title, [?1680] and D. (J.) A Word without Doors Concerning the Bill for Succession, 4pp., caption title, [1679] and [Smith (Francis)], "Tom. Tickle-foot the Taborer". Some Observations upon the Late Tryals of Sir George Wakeman, 11pp., for A.Brewster, 1679 and Impartial Account (An) of Divers Remarkable Proceedings...of Parliament relating to the Horrid Popish Plot, &c., [2], 26pp., 1679 and Smith (John) The Narrative...containing a further Discovery of the late Horrid and Popish-plot, [8], 35pp., with initial imprimatur leaf and errata to p.35, by Robert Boulter, 1679 and Sarpi (Paolo) A Treatise of Matters Beneficiary, [8], 48, 59-84, [2] pp., with final blank, by Thomas Hodgkin..., 1680 and Cotton (Sir Robert) The Antiquity and Dignity of Parliaments, [2], 13pp., 1679, together 10 works in 1 vol., the first item bound last, contemporary ink manuscript list of contents on front free endpaper and receipts at beginning and end (upside down), some light soiling, a few minor stains, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and soiled, ink note and calculations to upper cover, [Wing L229, C883, B3300AB, C4421, D48, S4540, I63, S4127, S701 & C6481], folio

⁂ The first item is scarce, with only 6 UK copies listed by ESTC and a further 5 elsewhere. This copy contains an initial blank and 20pp. text with the final leaf p.19 headed "To his Highness the Lord Protector..." and catchword on previous page "To" (but verso paginated "12"). ESTC calls for 18pp. and a final blank, plus a second section of 4pp. with caption title "A Post-script", stating "In this edition, the colophon does not include the bookseller's name William Hope. Wing reports edition with 'to be sold by William Hope' in colophon", as in the present copy. Evidently there are 2 variants and this edition appears to be complete.

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