1685 Thomas Sprat Assassination of King Charles II England Rye House Plot 2in1

 

A first-hand account of the plot to assassinate King Charles II!

 

Thomas Sprat was involved with one of the most controversial conspiracies in 17th-century Britain. The Rye House Plot was a plan, in 1683, to assassinate King Charles II and his brother James II. This book includes two works, and the two were intended to be published together.

 

Item number: #745

Price: $950

 

SPRAT, Thomas

 

A true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late king, His present Majesty, and the government : as it was order'd to be published by His late Majesty…'Copies of the Informations and Original Papers Relating to the Proof of the Horrid conspiracy against the Late King'

 

In the Savoy [London], Printed by T. Newcomb, 1685. Second edition.

 

Details:

·       Collation complete with all pages: 2 volumes: [6], 167; [2], 141.

·       Binding: Leather; tight and secure

·       References:

o   Lowndes 2483

§  “This [work] is always considered a discreditable production, and the author himself completely destroyed all its pretensions to authenticity; for in letters which he wrote after the Revolution, he admits that James II altered the papers in divers passages, and then caused them to be printed.”

§  First edition has a different title, “A true Account of the Rye House Plot”

o   ESTC R218802 & R492938

o   Wing S-5065A and S-5029A

·       Language: English

·       Size: ~12.5in X 8.25in (32cm x 21cm)

 

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