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A collection of choice, scarce, and valuable tracts : being taken from manuscripts and printed books, very uncommon, and not to be found in the libraries of the curious
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A collection of choice, scarce, and valuable tracts : being taken from manuscripts and printed books, very uncommon, and not to be found in the libraries of the curious / by a Gentleman who has search'd after them for above twenty years.
Published
London : Printed for D. Browne [etc.], 1721.
Physical Description
8 p.l., vi, 570 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
A re-issue of v. 1 of The Phenix, with a new t.p., contents, and an additional tract entitled The book of sports; includes the original t.p., dated 1707.
Variant and related titles
Phenix, or, A revival of scarce and valuable pieces
Book of sports.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
(1) The book of sports, with remarks in vindication of King Charles the First
1. A letter of resolution concerning Origen, and the chief of his opinions
2. God's first sally out of himself in the birth of the universe
3. An essay for the reducing of all the Bible into a continu'd history
4. Christ's birth miss timed; proving that Jesus Christ was not born in December
5. The reformation of the church in Ireland, during the reigns of K. Hen. VIII. Edw. VI and Q. Mary
6. The sum and substance of the conference at Hampton-Court, Jan. 1603 about church affairs
7. Observations on the late Q. Elizabeth, her times and favourites. Written by Sir Robert Naunton
8. John Keymor's Observations made upon the Dutch fishing, about the year 1601 ...
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9. The form and order of the coronation of K. Charles II, as it was done at Scoon in Scotland, Jan. 1, 1651. With a sermon preach'd there upon that occasion. By R. Dowglas
10. The answer of the States general to the declaration of war of the king of Great Britain. Printed in 1674. Publish'd by their lordships order
11. The peoples ancient and just liberties asserted, in the tryal of William Penn and Wiliam Mead, against the most arbitrary procedure of that court; with a defence for the prisoners
12. A dialogue between a student in the laws and liberties of England and a citizen of London. Also, the Lord C.J. Vaughan's report of Mr. Bushel's case about juries ...
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13. An apology or defence of William I, of Nassau, prince of Orange, &c., in answer to the proclamation against, and proscription of him by the king of Spain. To which is prefixed the said proscription at length; with several letters and declarations of the Pr. of Orange &c. relating thereunto
14. A narrative of the proceedings of a great council of Jews assembled in the plain of Ageda in Hungary, to examine the Scriptures concerning Christ, 1650, &c.
15. Certain letters evidencing K. Charles II's stedfastness in the Protestant religion: sent from the Princess of Turenne and the ministers of Charenton, to some persons of quality in London
16. A true relation of the late king's death. To which are added, copies of two papers written by K. Charles II found in the strong box.
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