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A second letter from a gentleman in the country, to his friends in London, upon the subject of the penal laws and tests.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Penn, William, 1644-1718.
- 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:
- 18 pages, 2 unnumbered pages (last leaf blank) ; 23 cm (4to)
- Fingerprint:
- ndnk e-ep ifn. boan (3) 1687 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed [by Andrew Sowle] for J.H. and T.S. and to be had of most booksellers in London and Westminster, 1687.
- Notes:
- "Gentleman in the country" in title identified as William Penn. Cf. BLC and Wing.
- Printer from Wing.
- "Licensed April the 11th, 1687."
- Signatures: A² a² B² b² C².
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy is No. [2] 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 bound with: Penn, William, 1644-1718. A letter from a gentleman in the country, to his friends in London, upon the subject of the penal laws and tests. [London : s.n.], printed in the year 1687. [Item 2 of 6]
- 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 0201860
- Wing (2nd ed.) P1361
- Smith, J. Catalogue of Friends' books, I, p. 43
- Smith, J. Catalogue of Friends' books, II, p. 304
- ESTC, R38198
- OCLC:
- 11201991
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