Lex Parliamentaria, Or, A Treatise of the Law and Custom of the...
An Important Statement of Whig Ideology Endorsed by Thomas Jefferson P[hilips], G[eorge] [1599?-1696]. [Petyt, George (1636-1707), Attributed]. Lex Parliamentaria: Or, A Treatise of the Law and Custom of the Parliaments of England. By G.P. Esq; With an Appendix of a Case in Parliament between Sir Francis Goodwyn and Sir John Fortescue, for the Knights Place for the County of Bucks, I Jac. I. From an Original French Manuscript, Translated into English. Licenced Decemb. 6. 1689. London: Printed for Tim. Goodwin at the Maiden-Head over Against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-Street, 1690. [xvi], 320 pp. Two leaves of advertisements, usually at rear of text, bound before p. 1. Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"; 15.9 x 9.5 cm). Contemporary sheep, rebacked in period-calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and retained contemporary lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and minor scratches and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning to interior, light browning and faint dampspotting in places, staining to fore-edge of title page, "This book is good for nothing" in small early hand to head of title page. An attractive copy. $1,750. * First edition. Formerly attributed to George Petyt, Lex Parliamentaria is an early handbook on parliamentary procedure. It is notable for its strongly Whiggish ideology. Published shortly after the end of the Glorious Revolution--a period that witnessed the deposition of King James II, the passage of the Bill of Rights and the accession of his daughter and her husband as queen and king--it asserts Parliamentary supremacy and the inferiority of monarchs. It was highly regarded by the American Founding Fathers. Jefferson, for example, who owned a copy of this edition and often recommended this book to others. Sowerby, The Library of Thomas Jefferson 2893. English Short-Title Catalogue R4908.
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