1710 The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, Before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanours

Description

Leather Binding

An early edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.

This edition is identified by title page spellings of "continued" and "adjournmetns" to the title page, and via the pagination (335 pages) and with pages 77-84 numbered to the versos.

ESTC No T51985

Herny Sachervell was a High Church Anglican clergyman who preached an incendiary 5 November sermon and gained nationwide fame.

As a result, he was impeached by the House of Commons and found guilty. The trial lasted from 27 February to 21 March 1710, but received a light punishment which was seen as a vindication.

This work details the trial, and has two related short works bound to the rear, as was often the case with this work.

Both dated 1710, the first of these works is 'The Bishop of Salisbury's and the Bishop of Oxford's speeches in the House of Lords' (ESTC No: T22851, with a comma after 'also' in the title page), and the second is 'The bishop of Lincoln's and Bishop of Norwich's speeches in the House of Lord' (ESTC No: T161973)

With the bookplate of Thomas Milne to the front pastedown. 

With an initial imprimatur leaf.