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THE TRYAL OF DR. HENRY SACHEVERELL. Before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors; Upon an Impeachment by the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled, in the Name of themselves, and of all the Commons of Great Britain: Begun in Westminster-Hall the 27th day of February, 1709/10; and from thence continu'd by several Adjournments until the 23d Day of March following. Folio. (15.7 x 10 inches). [4], 327 [i.e. 335], [1] pp. A bright and clean copy, with a neat single previous owner's name written in ink on one blank leaf and the title page. A very good copy in attractive contemporary full panelled calf binding. Spine with six raised bands, the compartments fully decorated in gilt. Burgundy title label, gilt. Some minor cracking to the top and bottom of the hinges but boards holding firm. An attractive copy in a nice early eighteenth century binding. ESTC identifies three folio editions of this text published by Tonson in 1710. This edition, ESTC T152340, has "continu'd" and "adjournments" in title and pagination as follows: [4], 327 [i.e. 335], [1] p. (the versos of p. 77-84 are unpaginated).
Author SACHEVERELL. Dr. HENRY.
Date 1710
Publisher Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Grays-Inn Gate in Grays-Inn-Lane. London. 1710

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