[Rarebooks] fs-English Militia

[Joe Luttrell]

May we offer,

DERHAM, Robert.  A Manuell or, Briefe Treatise of some
particular Rights and Priviledges belonging to the High Court of
Parliament . . . The true condition of the Militia of this Kingdome
. . . by the Positive Lawes discussed and debated [etc.]. Wing
D1097.  Printed for Mathew Walbancke at Graies-Inne Gate, London,
1647.  Modern calf, the margins cut close, legibility preserved;
pretty. [49549 L24L32L48L71] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=49549     $ 850.00

A very early work on the English militia, written in the context of
the constitutional struggle between Charles I and Parliament over
its control, "pav[ing] the way to Civil War"; with an extensive
treatment of the militia's centuries' long roles.

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