English Civil War; Levellers
The Banished Mans Suit for Protection to his Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell
£5,292
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
being the Humble Address of Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburn. London: Tho. Newcomb, 14 June 1653. Broadside (38.5 x 30cm), printed on recto only, woodcut initial, repaired and laid down on Japanese tissue, disruption to text in places with minimal effect on legibility [ESTC R211530]. Together with 6 similar items:
An Act for Preserving the Frequent Abuses in Printing Seditious, Treasonable, and Unlicences Books and Pamphlets; and for Regulating of Printing and Printing Presses [caption-title]. London: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1662. Folio, disbound, pp. [2] 425-444, lacking final black, small marginal worm-track, final 2 leaves repaired [ESTC R504464: 4 copies in libraries worldwide];
A Declaration concerning the Generall Accompts of the Kingdome ... since the first Sitting of this Parliament unto the First of June, 1642. London: Richard Bishop for Laurence Blaiklock, 1642. Folio, modern card wrappers, strip of browning to gutter of title-page [ESTC R6764];
The Address of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for Maintaining the Church of England, 16 April, 1689. Half-sheet printed on both sides, repaired [ESTC R13269];
An Act for Paving, and otherwise Improving the City and Township of Peterborough [caption-title], 1790, 31 [1] pp. Loose in bifolia, stab-holes to inner margins [this edition not in ESTC];
An Act for Indempnifying of such Persons as have acted for the Service of the Publique. London: Hen: Hills and John Field, 1657. Modern boards, browning [ESTC R27220];
An Act for the taking away of Purveyance, and Compositions for Purveyance. London: Hen: Hills and John Field, 1657. Modern boards, browning [ESTC R27004]
Footnote
Note: Very rare broadside appeal from the leading light of the Leveller movement, asking permission from Cromwell to return from continental exile. The request was not granted, but Lilburne decided nevertheless to return in June 1653, following the dissolution of the Rump Parliament, and was promptly taken to the Tower. He died on parole at Eltham in 1657. ESTC traces nine copies in libraries worldwide.
Provenance: The Millmore English Civil War Collection.