A letter from a gentleman in the country, to his friends in London, upon the subject of the penal laws and tests.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penn, William, 1644-1718.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.

Dissenters, Religious.

Church and state.

History.

Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1688.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Church and state--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Penn Provenance:

Lonsdale, Hugh Cecil Lowther, Earl of, 1857-1944 (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

12 pages ; 23 cm (4to)

Fingerprint:

stn, thto s,nd toho (C) 1687 (A)

Place of Publication:

[London] : [publisher not identified], printed in the year 1687.

Notes:

"Gentleman in the country" in title identified as William Penn. Cf. BLC and Wing.

Place of publication from Wing.

Signatures: A⁴ B².

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy is No. [1] in tract vol. of 6 works bound together, from the library of Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale.

Culture Class Collection copy has binder's title "A Letter 1687" stamped in gold on spine.

Culture Class Collection copy has armorial bookplate of Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale on front pastedown.

Cited in:

BLC, v. 190, p. 324

NUC pre-1956, NP 0201594

Wing (2nd ed.) P1318

Smith, J. Catalogue of Friends' books, I, p. 43

Smith, J. Catalogue of Friends' books, II, p. 304

ESTC, R32176

OCLC:

2845190