THE JUDGEMENT OF WHOLE KINGDOMS AND NATIONS, CONCERNING THE RIGHTS, POWER, AND PREROGATIVE OF KINGS, AND THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEDGES AND PROPERTIES OF THE PEOPLE.; The Judgement of Whole Kingdoms and Nations, Concerning the Rights, Power, and Prerogative of Kings, and the Rights, Priviledges and Properties of the People
by Sommers, Lord (Baron John Somers)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: J. Williams, No. 38. in Fleet Street, and the Booksellers of Lolndon and Westminster, 1771. Tenth Edition, Corrected. Leather-bound. Fair. Vox Populi; Vox Dei,. Octavo. Contemporary leather, with reinforced with cloth at spine. 8 1/4 in. x 5 5/8 in.10th edition, corrected. vii + 168pp. Contents clean. Front cover and titlepage, and Rear Covers detached but present. Sometimes attributed to John Dunton-Lowndes, or Daniel Defoe. Puts forth the argument that kings hold their power in trust from the people, a 17th century English argument re-argued by the Americans during the pre-revolutionary period in the 18th century.
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- Title
- THE JUDGEMENT OF WHOLE KINGDOMS AND NATIONS, CONCERNING THE RIGHTS, POWER, AND PREROGATIVE OF KINGS, AND THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEDGES AND PROPERTIES OF THE PEOPLE.; The Judgement of Whole Kingdoms and Nations, Concerning the Rights, Power, and Prerogative of Kings, and the Rights, Priviledges and Properties of the People
- Author
- Sommers, Lord (Baron John Somers)
- Illustrator
- Vox Populi; Vox Dei,
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Tenth Edition, Corrected
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. Williams, No. 38. in Fleet Street, and the Booksellers of Lolndon and Westminster
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1771
- Keywords
- Government Rule; Vox Populi, Vox Dei;
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICANA;
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