The Forme of Governement of the Kingdome of England: Collected...
The King Must Consult with Parliament [Cotton, Sir Robert (1571-1631)]. The Forme of Governement of the Kingdome of England: Collected Our of the Fundamental Lawes and Statutes of this Kingdome. Wherin is Manifested the Customary Uses of the Kings of England Upon All Occasions, Either of Marriage, Peace or Warre, To Call Their Peeres and Barons of the Realme to be Bartners [sic] in Treatizes, And to Give Their Judicious Advice: Tho State and Security of the Whole Kingdome Depending Upon Such Counsells and Determinations. Likewise the Names of the Kings, And the Times When Such Parliaments were Called, And the Acts that Passed Upon Such Counsells and Determinations. Likewise the Names of the Kings, And the Times When Such Parliaments were Called, And the Acts that Passed Upon Those and the Like Occasions. [...] Published for the Satisfaction of All Those, That Desire to Know the Manner and Forme of the Governement of the Land, And the Fundamentall Lawes of the Kingdome. London: Printed for Tho. Bankes, 1642. 19, [1] pp. Quarto (7-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet in later plain wrappers. Moderate toning, light edgewear to wrappers, which are detached from pamphlet and separating along spine. $250. * First edition. Cotton was a member of Parliament and an important scholar of early English legal and political records. (His vast collection of manuscripts became the British Museum's Cotton Library.) Published posthumously, The Forme of Governement discusses the sovereign's obligation to consult with Parliament "in their great Counsels of Marriage, Peace and Warre." Like Cotton's other works, a great deal of attention is paid to historical precedent. An expanded version was later published as The Antiquity and Dignity of Parliaments (1679). OCLC locates 1 copy in a law library (University of Minnesota). English Short-Title Catalogue R021849.
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