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London: M Cooper , 1745. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of this speech delivered by Henry Fielding regarding the Jacobite rebellion of the same year. Published anonymously, but authorship has since been attributed to Henry Fielding. The Jacobite Rebellion, was an attempt to depose king James II. In this work, Fielding warns of the implications of the rising lead by the Roman Catholic, Charles Edward Stuart. Fielding continued to write works against Charles Edward's attempts to usurp the throne. His weekly paper 'The True Patriot: And the History of Our Own Times' continued until the defeat of the Pretender at the Battle of Culloden. It was pro-Government titles such as this which gained Fielding the position of Justice of the Peace in 1748. A smartly preserved, very bright copy of this work. Held in a lovely quarter morocco case. ESTC no. T89830. This was the only London edition published in Fielding's lifetime, and it is probably…
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A Serious Address to the People of Great Britain. In which the Certain Consequences of the Present Rebellion, Are fully demonstrated. Necessary to be perused by every Lover of his Country, at this Juncture
by Henry Fielding
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London: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater noster Row, 1745. Modern 1/4 morocco over marbled boards, gilt, occasional very light foxing, else well preserved with ample margins; the Taussig copy First edition of Fielding's first (of three) anti-Jacobite tracts appearing soon after the Rebels took Edinburgh, reflecting his zeal in that cause and "calculated to . . . rouse them [the public] to defend their Constitution and religion
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