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DEATH OF COSMO THE GREAT

1. ADRIANI, Giovanni Battista. (All by this author)

  Oratio Joannis Baptistatae Adrianii Habita in Funere Cosmi Medicis Magni Etruriae Ducis

Florentiae Ex Officina Iuntarum, 1574.

First edition, 4to., woodcut arms within title, woodcut portrait on verso ot title, (40)pp., disbound.

An oration on the death of Cosmo the Great, Grand Duke of Tuscany

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2. (ALSOP, Vincent ?). (All by this author)

  The Humble Address of the Presbyterians,Presented to the King by Mr. Hurst, Mr. Chester, Mr. Slater, Mr. Cox, Mr. Roswell, Mr. Turner, Mr. Franklin, Mr. Deal, and Mr. Reynolds. With His Majesties Gracious Answer.

(colop) (Edinburgh) Printed for J.W. And Re-Printed at Edinburgh by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1687.

Broadside, folio in two sheets rather fragile and frayed, but text complete, published one side as issued

Wing A 2913 (L, EN; MH, Y) Aldis 2692

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IMPORTANT EARLY PROPOSAL FOR PAPER CURRENCY?

3. ANON.

  Manuscript titled: An Expedient or Means to pay the Sea and Land Forces or as many of them as shall be thought convenient without money in the time of an almost universal poverty of the English Nation

No place, c.1690.

Folio, written in a neat hand, approx 1100 words, with blank pages, the whole stitched

England's participation in the Nine Years War of the 1690s initiated a grave financial crisis and the issue here concerns the lack of Government funds to pay the wages of its armed forces. Addressing the problem, the author cites previous precedents of such circumstances (e.g. Queen Elizabeth I's ordering of brass coin to be minted in order to fund the wars in Ireland; the use of small strands of leather as currency in the West Indies; bartering with sugar and tobacco in Barbados and the American Plantations; &c.) before suggesting possible payment in a base minor currency such as tin. Of major significance, however, is that the document concludes on a strikingly different note by proposing 'an Imaginary kind of Money upon a credit given by the people one to another, confirmed and made real, and as much in good money undertaken to be repaid them by their representatives the Parliament'. This 'Imaginary kind of Money' is nothing less than a founding principle of paper currency, which was first introduced to pay off the English forces involved in the disastrous attack on Quebec in 1690. This item has the feel of a draft for publication, but I have been unable to locate any such publication

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SATIRICAL ADDRESS

4. ANON.

  Brother Jacobins, We must now Proceed to a New Election, if we must now muster the one Thing needful. Ans as openly declaring our wish to overthrow the Constitution, brought sad Disgrace upon Us, I wish to advise you to be more discreet in Future both in your conduct and writings.

(Nottingham) S.Tupman, Printer, (1796?).

Broadside, folio, a few splits and minor holes ( no text affected), waterstained, printed one side as issued.

A Radical satire regarding the 1796 Election. The radical publisher “D.I.Eaton” is metnioned in the text. Printed signature of “Double Face” ESTC on line (L - only)

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FEAR OF LOSING QUEBEC &c DURING NEGOTIATIONS TO END FRENCH/INDIAN WAR

5. ANON.

  A Wonderful Sight

(London), Publish'd according to Act (August) 1762..

Broadside, oblong 4to., 12" x 7 1/2", engraved, corners cut, tipped onto backing sheet

A rare satire issued with the design of inducing the Ministry of Lord Bute to desist from surrendering to the French those places taken from the French during the French/Indian War. - viz. "Pondicherry, Martinico, Guadeloup, Louisbourg, and Quebec" - it was rumoured at that early stage in the negotiations for Peace that this was intended. Pitt and his party strongly opposed the peace plan. British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. No 3885

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