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(ENGLISH CIVIL WAR.)
A Declaration of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament,
Setting forth the Grounds and Reasons, that necessitated them at this time to take up defensive Arms for the Prevention of His Majesties Person, The maintenance of the true Religion, The Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom, And the Power and Priviledge of Parliament.
Publisher: London: for Edward Husbands, and John Franck, 3 Aug 1642
Stock code: 60906
Price: £750 Currency Conversion
First edition. A defensive declaration by parliament in anticipation of military aggression on the part of Charles I at the outset of the English Civil War. This copy with the pencilled ownership inscription of F. R. Cowell to the front free endpaper. Cowell was a classicist and economist, author of Culture in Private and Public Life, and was secretary-general of the British National Commission for UNESCO, 1942-46.
Octavo (192 × 135 mm). Nineteenth-century black half morocco by Henderson & Bisset, title to spine gilt, marbled sides. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. Binding rubbed, contents toned, small pencil markings to title leaf and last leaf of contents. Excellent condition.
