AN INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD ENGLISH HISTORY, comprehended in three several tracts. The first, an answer to Mr. Petyts Rights of the commons asserted; and to a book intituled, Jani Anglorum facies nova; the second edition very much inlarged. The second, an answer to a book intituled, Argumentum antinormanicum, much upon the same subject; never before published. The third, the exact history of the succession of the crown of England; the second edition, also very much inlarged. Together with an appendix containing several records, and a series of great councils and Parliaments before and after the conquest, unto the end of the reign of Henry the Third. And a glossary expounding many words used frequently in our antient records, laws and histori

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4 works in 3 volumes. Sm. folio. Decorative intitial letters and headpieces. First two volumes bound in same contemporary mottled calf with decorative gilt spines, some surface wear, rubbed with loss to corners; third volume bound in contemporary mottled calf, some cracking to joints, rubbed, minor darkening, gilt lettered labels to decorative gilt spine with some loss to head. Ex.-libris Lord Camden with motto Judicium parium aut lex terrae Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, PC (1714 1794) English lawyer, judge and Whig politician.An Introduction . Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), B4194; ESTC R34414 "A full and clear ansvver to a book, written by William Petit, esquire" has separate title page, dated 1683; pagination and register are continuous. "Jani Anglorum facies antiqua: or some animadversions upon a book, called, Jani Anglorum facies nova", "A full answer to all the particulars contained in a book, entituled, Argumentum Antinormanicum" and "A true and exact history of the succession of the Crown of England" each has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. Text continuous despite pagination. "Glossary" and "Appendix" (caption titles) each have separate pagination and register . A Complete History . Wing (2nd ed., 1994) B4186; Arber's Term cat. c: II 144; ESTC R19638 With an initial imprimatur leaf. Titlepage in red and black; Marginal notes. In 1700 the author issued a supplementary volume under title: 'Continuation of the complete history of England'. Includes an index, with a separate register ([68] p.). "A catalogue of the authors used in this history": [8] p. following p. lxviii. Engraved portrait of James II signed: R. White sculp. Includes: 'The appendix. De sententiis judicum', containing official documents (charters, letters, proclamations, etc.) in Latin, some with English translation, with separate pagination and register. A Continuation . Wing (CD-ROM, 1996); ESTC R8686 Title page in red and black. With additional engraved title page (pi1v), signed: R.W. i.e. Robert White. "The Appendix" (caption title) begins new pagination and register. Text in English, French and Latin. Includes index. An Historical Treatise . ESTC T25398 The pagination is irregular. The appendix has separate register and pagination. With two prefaces entitled 'The preface to the reader' [the duplicate preface not present in our copy].Robert Brady (c. 1627 1700), historian and physician. . His other principal works were An Introduction to the Old English History (1684), an assemblage of tracts rebutting rival historical theories, and A Complete History of England, a controversialist work dedicated to James II in which the historical narrative is formed from linked chronicles and prefaced with interpretative notes; the first volume appeared in 1685. His books made much use of records held in the Tower of London, and both were probably written under government auspices . In 1682 Brady was appointed physician-in-ordinary to Charles II, a post he retained under James II . "He was a principal agent in bringing English historical method out of its medieval and into its modern period." Pocock, J. (1951). US$1788. Seller Inventory # 290021

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