Search Results: Titles starting with F from P & B Rowan

The pamphlets in the collection are bound together in strong modern red cloth buckram (evidently rebound from a previous contemporary binding). The pamphlets are in remarkably fresh condition, and many items have the contemporary dates of acquisition noted in a neat hand, and a few have interesting marginal comments in the same hand. "With the confusion among scholars, clergy, and lawyers attending the unprecedented circumstance after the revolution of both a king de facto (William) and a king de jure (James II), several ideological theories on the settlement and kingship were expounded" [O.D.N.B. under Hickes]. This collection provides a valuable source on them. The collection comprises:1. FERGUSON, Robert] A Brief Justification of the Prince of Orange's Descent into England, and of the Kingdoms late Recourse to Arms. With a Modest Disquisition of what may becorme the Wisdom and Justice of the ensuing Convention, in their Disposal of the Crown.London: Printed for J. S. and ... sold by R.… Read More