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The Palladium of conscience, or, The foundation of religious liberty displayed, asserted, and established : agreeable to its true and genuine principles, above the reach of all petty tyrants, who attempt to lord it over the human mind : containing Furneaux's Letters to Blackstone, Priestley's Remarks on Blackstone, Blackstone's Reply to Priestley, and Blackstone's Case of the Middlesex-election : with some other curious tracts, worthy of high rank in every gentleman's literary repository : being a necessary companion for every lover of religious liberty, and an Interesting appendix to Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England
Uniform Title
Interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England.
Title
The Palladium of conscience, or, The foundation of religious liberty displayed, asserted, and established : agreeable to its true and genuine principles, above the reach of all petty tyrants, who attempt to lord it over the human mind : containing Furneaux's Letters to Blackstone, Priestley's Remarks on Blackstone, Blackstone's Reply to Priestley, and Blackstone's Case of the Middlesex-election : with some other curious tracts, worthy of high rank in every gentleman's literary repository : being a necessary companion for every lover of religious liberty, and an Interesting appendix to Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England.
Publication
America [Philadelphia] : printed for the subscribers by Robert Bell, at the late Union Library, in Third-street, Philadelphia, MDCCLXXIV [1774].
Physical Description
[4], iv, [5]-119, [1]; xii, 155, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates ; 24 cm.
Local Notes
Lillian Goldman Law Library rare copy bound in 18th century calf, raised bands spine bands, red morocco spine label.
Notes
Earlier published by Bell, with the 1771-1772 editon of Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England, under title: Interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England. Cf. Eller.
Each part has a special title page, dated 1773.
This publication is cited in notes accompanying Eller 257.
With initial advertisement leaf.
Signatures: pi² [A]⁴ chi1 B-U⁴ W⁴ X-2M⁴ (pi1 recto blank).
Variant and related titles
Palladium of conscience.
Foundation of religious liberty displayed, asserted, and established.
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Language
English
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September 20, 2019
Contents
Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Dr. Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England relating to the dissenters / by Joseph Priestly
A reply to Dr. Priestley's Remarks on the fourth volume of the Commentaries on the laws of England / by the author of the Commentaries
An answer to Dr. Blackstone's Reply to Remarks on the fourth volume of the Commentaries on the laws of England / by Joseph Priestly
The case of the late election for the county of Middlesex, considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law / by the author of the Commentaries on the laws of England
Letters to the Honourable Mr. Justice Blackstone, concerning his exposition of the Act of toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England / by Philip Furneaux, D.D. The second edition with additions. And an Appendix, containing authentic copies of the argument of the late Honourbale Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges delegates, and of the speech of the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield in the House of lords, in the cause between the city of London and the dissenters.
References
Evans 13154.
English short title catalogue, W19238.
William Blackstone collection in the Yale Law Library 287.
Laeuchli, A.J. Bibliographical catalog of William Blackstone, 621.
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