Lot 1068 , [Sprat, Thomas] A True Account and Declaration of the Horrid Conspiracy against the Late King, His Present Majesty and the Government

° [Sprat, Thomas] A True Account and Declaration of the Horrid Conspiracy against the Late King, His Present Majesty and the Government: as it was ordered to be published by His Late Majesty. licence leaf before title, headpiece decoration; (4), 167pp.; old calf, panelled spine with red label, folio. In the Savoy: printed to be sold by Thomas Newcomb ... and to be sold by Sam. Lowndes ... 1685; bound with (as issued). Copies of the Informations and Original Papers relating to the Proof of the Horrid Conspiracy ... headpiece decoration. In the Savoy: printed by Thomas Newcomb ... 1685. *the Rye House Plot (1683) and the Monmouth Rebellion; Zeale, John - A Narrative of the Phanatical Plot, setting forth the Treasonable and Wicked Designs which they have been carrying on against the King and Government ... To which is added, a relation of the evil practices of John Rowse (who was lately executed at Tyburn) William Lewis (who stands convicted) and others. decorated initial letters; (8), 36pp. sometime rebound half calf and marbled boards, gilt top (distressed), folio. Printed for the Author, and to be sold by most Booksellers in Westminster and London, 1683. *an evidential controversy regarding the Earl of Shaftesbury and the Rye House Plot (2)
£160-200

Condition:
Sprat - good bndg., marginal soiling (esp. early leaves); signatures: (prelim. leaf unsigned), A-Zz, As-Uu2; Informations - (title) and A-Zz, Aa-Nn2, nb. there is no leaf (Dd2 - as usual) and p.88 is a blank, some irregular pagination, but ends correctly. 19th cent. bkplt. of John Kynaston Powell, Esqr., Hardwick, and an earlier Kynaston signature; Zeale - both boards present but detached, part of spine missing, some soiling - mainly title and final leaf. signatures - (2 unsigned), a2, B-K2; earlier 20th cent. pictorial bkplt. of Albert May Todd