A True State of the Proceedings at the Leicestershire Election

by British Elections

$450 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Discovered in a bound volume of ca. 1713-15 British petitions to Parliament, this is a rare and early example of British lobbying literature, which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons during the major changes in British government of the mid-1710s. ESTC records four copies: at the British Library, Oxford, the National Library of Wales, and the Folger Library. A fascinating political pamphlet relating to charges of fraud, intimidation, and violence

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