[Rarebooks] FS: King James I's imposition of a loyalty oath. 1st French ed. 1609

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James I, King of England. APOLOGIE POUR LE SERMENT DE FIDELITE QUE LE
SERENISSIME ROY DE LA GRAND’ BRETAGNE REQUIERT DE TOUT SES SUBJECTS,
Tant Ecclesiastiques Que Seculiers, Tel Que Tout Autre Prince Souverain
le Peut & Doit Legitimement Requerir des Siens... Contre Deux Briefs du
Pape Paul V, aux Catholiques Romains Anglois; & une Lettre du Cardinal
Bellarmin a Messire George Blackwell, Archiprestre d’Angleterre, le
Tout Cy Contenu... [Traduict de Anglois, par P. P. Advocat du Parlement
de Paris]. A Londres (but printed abroad): Chez Jean Norton. 1609.
First edition in French. Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 152;132pp. Cont.
vellum, hand lettered spine (a bit darkened).   $650.00 (trade discount
allowed)
A defense of James I’s imposition of a loyalty oath on all his subjects
in the wake of the Gunpowder Plot. The first part of this work is a
lengthy preface to the second part, which bears an imprint date of
1608. STC 14408.

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