An ansvver to a proposition in order to the proposing of a Commonwealth or democracy. . Proposed by friends to the Commonwealth by Mr. Harringtons consent; who is over-wise in his own conceit, that he propounds a Committee of Parliament, with above one hundred earls, nobles, members, gentlemen, and divines (named in his list) may dance attendance twice a week on his utopian excellency in the banquetting house at Whitehall or Painted Chamber, to hear and see his puppet-play of a new commonwealth: the very first view whereof he presumes will infatuate alldissenting [sic] parties, spectators, and our divided nations by their example into a Popish blinde obedience thereunto, upon his ipse dixit.
William Prynne (1600-1669)
Category
Books
Date
1659
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3254940.6
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 6p. ; 4to. Running number: 1311. Bound with six other works by Prynne. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Late seventeenth-century and early eighteenth-century manuscript inscriptions on endleaves: (1) notes, calculations, sketch of man, and pen trails; (2) price codes(?); (3) "M. all" [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys]; (4) "20 shillings of Good and lawful money of this kingdom"; (5) contents list; (6) "an answer to [...]r[superscript] I". Binding: late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century brown sheepskin over boards (worn, stained). Double blind fillet border with blind-stamped fleuron cornerpieces. Blind dotted pattern along board edges. Smooth spine (worn, cracked). Sewn on three recessed thongs, laced in. No endbands or pastedown; folded endleaves at both ends. Textblock split; lower board and leather along spine detaching.
Makers and roles
William Prynne (1600-1669)