An historical and political discourse of the laws & government of England, from the first times to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a vindication of the ancient way of parliaments in England, collected from some manuscript notes of John Selden, Esq; by Nathaniel Bacon of Grays Inn, Esquire

All titles
  • An historical and political discourse of the laws & government of England, from the first times to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a vindication of the ancient way of parliaments in England, collected from some manuscript notes of John Selden, Esq; by Nathaniel Bacon of Grays Inn, Esquire
  • Historicall discourse of the uniformity of the government of England
  • Continuation of the historical & political discourse of the laws & government of England, until the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
People / Organizations
Imprint
London : printed for John Starkey, and are to be sold by J. Robinson at the Golden Lyon in St. Paul's Church-Yard, R. Bentley in Russel-Street in Covent-Garden, Jacob Tonson at the Judges Head in Chancery-Lane, T. Goodwin at the Maiden Head in Fleetstreet, and T. Fox at the Angel in Westminster-Hall, 1689.
Added name
Selden, John, 1584-1654. Continuation of An historicall discourse, of the government of England, untill the end of the reigne of Queene Elizabeth.; Bacon, Nathaniel, 1593-1660.; Starkey, John, -1690, bookseller.; Robinson, Jonathan, -approximately 1713, bookseller.; Bentley, Richard, -1697, bookseller.; Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, bookseller.; Goodwin, Timothy, -1720, bookseller.; Fox, Thomas, active 1678-1692, bookseller.
Publication year
1689
ESTC No.
R16514
Grub Street ID
64349
Description
[20], 203, [5], 168, 167-188, [6] p. ; 2°.
Note
Formerly attributed to Nathaniel Bacon, who is in fact the editor--Wing 1st ed

A reissue of the 1682 edition with a general title page and initial advertisement leaf added. The 1739 4th edition (ESTC T142997) mentions "the folio edition printed in 1682, which was republished in Jan. 1688-9". See also The Historical magazine and notes and queries concerning ... America. New York, 1860. Vol.4, p.154. (available via Google Books) -- "The edition of 1682 was, however, mainly suppressed until 1689, after the Revolution, when it was reissued with [an] additional general title-page"

'An historical and political discourse of the laws & government of England. The first part' and 'The continuation of the historical & political discourse of the laws & government of England until the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth' have separate pagination and separate title pages dated 1682 with imprint: London: printed for John Starkey, at the Miter in Fleet-street neer Temple-Bar; register is continuous

The first part originally published in 1647 as: 'An historicall discourse of the uniformity of the government of England. The first part'. The second part originally published in 1651 as: 'The continuation of An historicall discourse, of the government of England, untill the end of the reigne of Queene Elizabeth'

Includes index

Signatures: [A]]2] b-c]4] B]2] C-2D]4] 2E]2] 2F-3D4 3E]2] 3F-3G]4.