Lot 131
UNRECORDED COPY - 1715 RISING
THE DANGER OF REBELLION. SET FORTH THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF JAMES LATE EARL OF DERWENTWATER
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
and William late Viscount Kenmure, who were Executed at Tower-Hill, for High-Treason against King George, on Friday the 24th of February, 1715-16, With the Speeches spoken by them before they receiv'd Sentence, and that made by Derwentwater at the Place of Execution: With a Copy of Viscount Kenmure's Letter to the Pretender. Also an Historical Account of their beginning to raise the unnatural Rebellion, for which they suffer'd, and manner of their being taken Prisoners by General Wills at Preston, and sent up to London. London: Printed for J. Benson, near Fleet-street, and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, Price One [Penny]. 8vo, 11, [1]p., woodcut of execution on title, later marbled boards, title cropped at foot with loss of 2 words ["One Penny"] (and possibly a date), [not traced in ESTC or COPAC]