The reasonableness of mending and executing the laws against papists. Humbly offered to The Consideration of all that have a Regard for the Dignity of our sovereign, and the Liberty of great britain.
London.
Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1746.
First edition.
8vo.
40pp. Recent calf-backed brown cloth boards. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp, stab-stitch holes to gutters.
The first edition of a pamphlet by Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist Arthur Ashley Sykes (c.1684-1756) examining the present state of legislation and related penal code concerning Catholics in England. The ongoing Jacobite Rising had led to renewed scrutiny of the reasonableness of restrictions placed upon Papists, with much discussion had as to whether existing laws ought to be more strictly enforced.
ESTC T54256.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 23714
