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A small group comprising Clement's pamphlet supporting the establishment of a non-partisan government, a response to Clement claiming to be the second part of his pamphlet, the anonymous counterblast Faults in the Fault-Finder, and Clement's defence of his treatise in A Vindication of the Faults on Both Sides. In the past Faults on Both Sides has been attributed to Robert Harley, but it is generally accepted that Simon Clement (c.1654-c.1730) was the author. However it does seem that Harley had some role in its publication, and it can be seen as election propaganda for the 1710 election with Harley being the implicit non-partisan choice. Joseph Trapp published a response arguing that the pamphlet was a conspiracy by the Whigs, who saw that their dominance was ending and were consequently urging for a coalition government to keep their power, which Clement responded to in A Vindication. At any rate, the number of editions which the pamphlet and its responses ran to shows the significance of the publication on the contemporary political scene. The four pamphlets comprise: i) CLEMENT, Simon. Faults on Both Sides. the second edition. ESTC T35447. ii) (Anonymous, at times catalogued under Clement, but listed by ESTC as an answer to him). Faults on both sides: Part the Second. Or, an essay upon The Original Cause, Progress, and Mischievous Consequences of the Factions in the Church. Shewing, That the clergy, of whatsoever Denomination, have always been the Ring-Leaders and Beginners of the Disturbances in Every State. London: Printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1710. First edition. ESTC T35448. iii) (Anonymous). Faults in the fault-finder: or, a specimen of errors in the pamphlet, entitul'd Faults on both sides. London: printed, and to be sold by A. Baldwin, 1710. ESTC T35446. Second edition, although two variants are known without established priority. iv) CLEMENT, Simon. A Vindication of the Faults on both sides, from the reflections of the Medley, the specimen-maker, and a pamphlet, entituled, Most faults on one side. With a dissertation on the nature and use of money and paper-credit in trade, and the true Value of Joint-Stocks, maintaining the Assertions of the Author, in Relation to those Matters. London: printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1710. ESTC T50855. First edition. See Paul B. Patterson, "Harley, Defoe, Trapp and the 'Faults on Both Sides' Controversy", Albion, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1979), pp. 128-142. Octavo (189 x 118 mm). Four works sewn together in one disbound vol., extracted from a larger pamphlet vol. with remnants of original spine. Some light soiling, staining and browning, some worming with minor loss to text. Overall good copies.
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