1705 The History of Faction, Alias Hypocrisy, Alias Moderation, From Its First Rise Down to its Present Toleration in Their Kingdoms.

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First Edition, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

The first edition of this very scarce work. 

A very scarce historical account on the history of factions and their effects on church and state written anonymously by Sackville Tufton, the 2nd Earl of Thanet. The work discusses the first accounts of faction, what the members of these factions believed and how they attempted to gain control over politics. 

The register runs continuously as A4, B8-F8, [f-f4], G8-M8. Collated, complete. The pagination from page pp.73 are only printed on the right hand side and include pagination errors as is usual with this work. 

Bound in modern calf. Endpapers and blanks renewed.