A history and defence of magna charta. [electronic resource] : Shewing 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 Cæsar 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. By Samuel Johnson, A.M.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Parliament--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

The second edition.

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.LXXII. [1772]

Notes:

Pp.xlix-lii misnumbered lxix-lxii.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T116326.

OCLC:

508864662