Shelfmark
Fk.5.02(14)
Additional shelfmark
Fk.5.02(15) (Copy 2)
Author
Uniform title
[Bibliotheca politica]
Title
Bibliotheca politica: or a discourse by way of dialogue, whether there can be made out from the natural, or revealed law of God, any succession to crowns by Divine Right: collected out of the most approved authors, both antient and modern. Dialogue the second.
Varying form of title
First dialogue between Mr. Freeman a gentleman, and Mr. Meanwell a civil lawyer
Varying form of title
Political tracts
Varying form of title
Bibliotheca politica
Varying form of title
Discourse by way of dialogue
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for R. Baldwin in Warwick-Lane, near the Oxford-Arms; where also may be had the first dialogue, 1691/2 [i.e. 1692].
Physical description
13v ; 21cm. (4to).
Note
Published irregularly.
Note
Dialogue the second only.
Note
Issues have numerical designation only.
Note
Numbering varies slightly; both Dialogue the tenth and Dialogue the thirteenth are referred to as: 'the last'.
Note
'A general alphabetical index' to the thirteen dialogues was issued with the collected dialogues in 1694, with an appendix.
Note
Collected with a general title page in 1694 as: Bibliotheca politica: Or an enquiry into the ancient constitution of the English government.
Note
Dialogue the first was re-issued in 1694, with the collected dialogues.
Note
Dialogue the fourteenth, contrasting the "murther" of Charles I with the "abdication" of James II, was published independently in 1702, with separate pagination and a different imprint. It was reprinted with Dialogues I-XIII in 1718 and 1727.
Note
Collected and edited by: James Tyrrell.
Note
Each 'dialogue' or issue has a distinctive subtitle beginning with the word, "Whether".
Note
Imprints include years of publication.
Note
Some imprints dated according to Lady Day dating.
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With continuous pagination.
Note
Each issue includes a discussion of some aspect of political theory or of the relationship between politics and religion as it applies to England.
Citation/references note
ESTC P6199; Nelson and Seccombe, 24; Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), T3581
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Dialogue 1. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1982. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1344: 22).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in pencil: "Checked March 1924".
Provenance
Copy 2: Armorial bookplate of Eton College. Ms. inscription in pencil: "Checked March 1924".
Provenance
Copy 2: Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Binding
18th century quarter brown calf; red and blue marbled paper covered boards; four raised bands; spine title: "Political tracts".
Binding
Copy 2: 18th century quarter brown calf; red and blue marbled paper covered boards; four raised bands; spine title: "Political tracts".
Copy-specific note
Bound with twenty other items.
Copy-specific note
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Dm.5.2.
Copy-specific note
copy 2: Dialogue the third only. Bound with nineteen other items.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Previously: Dm.5.2.
Subject
Political ethics Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Subject
Political science Philosophy Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Subject
Religion and politics Periodicals Early works to 1800 England.
Added entry--name
Baldwin, Richard, ? - d. 1698 printer.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B10574