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[Edward Stillingfleet]. THE JESUITS LOYALTY, MANIFESTED IN THREE SEVERAL TREATISES LATELY WRTTEN BY THEM AGAINST THE OATH OF ALLEGEANCE: WITH PREFACE, SHEWING THE PERNICIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR PRINCIPLES AS TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT. London: Printed by E. Flesher, for R. Royston, 1677. First edition; reissue with cancel title page. Bound together in one volume with A COLLECTION OF SEVERAL TREATISES CONCERNING THE REASONS AND OCCASIONS OF THE PENAL LAWS. London: Printed for Richard Royston, 1675. Hardcover. Mottled calf, raised bands on spines, marbled edges. 4to; A4 a-e4 f2 (divisional title page on f2) B-T4 V2(with final blank); A-R4 Roman type with Italic. With printed marginalia and double-page engraved plate inserted. ESTC R3210.
7 5/8 x 5 3/4 in.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C. Significant wear to leather boards, small wormholes, cracking at joints with back board partially detached, small leather losses; interior with cracking at hinges, bookplate on front paste-down, light toning, occasional offsetting, foxing, wormhole, and small corner or edge loss not impacting text, several pages with light damp staining, engraved plate with separation at tail of center fold, binder's blank with larger loss.