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(England) Five contemporary books on 17th century English history Date Published: 1679-1698 Description: 5 volumes. Includes: The Gunpowder-Treason: With a Discourse of the Manner of its Discovery. London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, and H. Hills, and are to be Sold by Walter Kettilby, 1679. Modern calf. Price, John. The Mystery and Method of His Majesty's Happy Restauration, Laid Open to Publick View. London: Printed for James Vade, 1680. Later speckled calf. Oldham, John. Satyrs Upon the Jesuits: Written in the Year 1679. London: Printed for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1681. Later calf. Burnet, Gilbert. A Collection of Eighteen Papers Relating to the Affairs of Church & State, During the Reign of King James the Second. Reprinted at London: For John Starkey and Richard Chiswell, 1689. Period calf boards, modern rebacking. Kingston, Richard. A True History of the Several Designs and Conspiracies, Against His Majesties Sacred Person and Government. London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Abel Roper, 1698. Later speckled calf. Several books published shortly after important events in seventeenth-century English History, including the Restoration, the Popish Plot, and the Glorious Revolution. Condition: Moderate wear to bindings, overall light foxing, some bookplates, several instances of marginal dampstaining; very good. Item#: 365769 Headline: 5 period books on 17th c. English history