Titus Oates Conspiracy - a collection of folio tracts.
£600
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Titus Oates (1649-1705 )-- A true narrative of the horrid plot and conspiracy of the Popish party. London: T. Parkhurst & T. Cockerill, 1679; Prance, Miles A true narrative and discovery of several very remarkable passages relating to the horrid Popish plot. London: D. Newman, 1679; Prance, Miles The additional narrative of Mr. Miles Prance. London: F. Smith &c., 1679; Dangerfields, Thomas Mr. Tho. Dangerfields particular narrative. London: H. Hills, &c., 1679; Everard, Edmund The depositions and examinations of Mr Edmund Everard. London: D. Newman, 1679; The King's Evidence justif'd: or Doctor Oates's vindication of himself. London: Jonathan Edwin, 1679, title soiled, some spotting, [Wing O46]; The Reputation of Dr. Oates... clear'd in the Tryal of Thomas Knox... and John Lane. London: Robert Harford, 1679, first edition, uncut, [Wing R1117]; The Debates in the House of Commons assembled at Oxford the Twenty First of March, 1680, [London: R. Baldwin, 1681], corner of first two leaves torn with some loss, some spotting, [Wing E2546], folio; bound with 20 other related tracts (the first lacking a plate, another imperfect; and a 6 leaf copy manuscript headed "Master Oates his Examination by the House of Commons" by John Clement, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire