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MONEY BILL, &c. A letter to the Right Honourable James [Fitzgerald], Earl of Kildare, on the presen

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MONEY BILL, &c.  A letter to the Right Honourable James [Fitzgerald], Earl of Kildare, on the presen

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 19 @ 18:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
MONEY BILL, &c. A letter to the Right Honourable James [Fitzgerald], Earl of Kildare, on the present posture of affairs. With some occasional reflections on the conduct of a certain justice of peace, on Friday the 10th instant. Dublin:Printed in the yar 1754FIRST EDITION, 28-pages, with half-title, 8vo, recent wrapper : a very good-nice copy.Signed at end 'A Patriot'. One of the 'T. Cooper' press books. A second edition followed in the same year.ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1) [WEST ( Richard )]. A discourse concerning treasons, and bills of attainder. Explaining the true and ancient notion of treason, and shewing the natural justice of bills of attainder. The second edition. Printed for J. Roberts, 1717. Pages (6), 111, (1, blank), with half-title, 8vo, recent wraps : light foxing : good-very good. A reissue of the first edition of 1716, with a new titlepage. One of the most feared powers of parliament, attainder was the extinction of the civil rights and powers of people convicted of treason or other serious crime. Their use as an arbitrary tool of reprisal caused widespread resentment. West appreciates this resentment, but argues that bills of attainder are justifiable in certain situations and defends their use. West (c.1691–1726), lord chancellor of Ireland. In addition to the impeccable whig credentials derived from his marriage, he was clearly a man of remarkable legal ability, being appointed king's counsel after only three years of practice. While at the bar he published some political pamphlets, including A Discourse Concerning Treasons and Bills of Attainder (1716) and An Enquiry into the Origin and Manner of Creating Peers (1719), in which he argued in support of the 1719 Peerage Bill. These pamphlets ‘attracted much notice, and gave him strong claims to Government patronage’ (ODNB).(2) DANDRIDGE ( Isaac ), pseud. Like will to Like, as the Scabby Squire said to the Mangey Viscount. Set forth in the history of Will. Squelsh, and Harry Halter, formerly servants at the Red-Lyon in Brentford. Publish’d from the original manuscript, now in the library of Mr. Guy’s New Foundation for Incurables ; Written by the late Mr. Isaac Dandridge, Apothecary. Part I. London : printed for A. Moore, near St. Paul’s, 1728. FIRST EDITION, pages 31 (i.e. 32), 8vo, recent paper wrapper : the first and final page a little dusty, but otherwise a very good copy. A satire on William Pulteney and Viscount Bolingbroke. The printer's name in the imprint is fictitious. Page numbers 31 and 32 are reversed. A second part, not present here, entitled "Worse and worse, Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire. Set forth in the history of Will. Squelsh, and Harry Halter, formerly servants at the Red-Lyon in Brentford. Written by the late Mr. Isaac Dandridge, apothecary; and publish’d from the Original Manuscript, now in the Library of Mr. Guy’s New Foundation for Incurables, as well as the former Part, by Paul Prickman, Gent. of Furnival’s-Inn. Part II.", followed later in the same year.(3) [CLEMENT ( Simon )]. Faults on both sides : or, an essay upon the original cause, progress, and mischievous consequences of the factions in this nation ... By way of an answer to the Thoughts of an Honest Tory [by Benjamin Hoadly]. The second edition. Printed and sold by the booksellers ... , 1710. 56-pp, 8vo, recent paper wrapper : a very good copy. Hanson 1167, "mainly financial". Kress 2662. Morgan M284. A reissue of the first edition, with the title-page partly reset. A widely circulated contribution to the pamphlet war initiated by Benjamin Hoadly’s Thoughts of an Honest Tory – a somewhat ironic title in that Hoadley went on to become a leading spokesman for the Whigs.(4) [HOADLY ( Benjamin )]. The Thoughts of an Honest Tory, upon the present proceedings of that party. In a letter to a friend in town. London, sold by A. Baldwin, in Warwick-Lane, 1710. Pages (2), 14, 8vo, recent paper wrapper : with some light foxing, but a very good copy. "Critical of the Sacheverell trial and doubts the wisdom of the Tories in clamoring for a dissolution." - Morgan M318.(5)ENGLISH PRE 1801; DUBLIN PRINTED; IRELAND; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; LAW; TREASON; SATIRE; POLITICS; ; ;