A history and defence of Magna Charta : Containing a copy of the original charter at large, with an English translation; The Manner of its being obtained from King John, With its Preservation and Final Establishment in the Succeeding Reigns; with an introductory discourse, Containing a short Account of the Rise and Progress of National Freedom, From the Invasion of Caesar to the present Times. Also the Liberties which are confirmed by the Bill of Rights, &c. To which is added, An essay on Parliaments, Describing their Origin In England, And the extraordinary Means by which they have been lengthened from half Yearly to Septennial ones.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Great Britain.

Constitutional history.

Magna Carta--Early works to 1800.

Magna Carta.

Great Britain. Parliament, 1710-1713.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Parliament--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],lxii[i.e.lii],284p. )

Other Title:

History and defence of Magna Charta.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Bell, (successor to Mr. Bathoe) at his Circulating-Library, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand; S. Bladon, Pater-Noster-Row; and C. Etherington, at York, M.DCC.LXIX. [1769]

Notes:

With a copy of the original charter in French, and an English translation.

Pp.xlix-lii misnumbered lxix-lxii.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T130225.

OCLC:

642362759