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[HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, first Marquis of.] The Character of a Trimmer.His Opinion of I. The Laws and Government. II. Protestant Religion. III. The Papists. IV. Foreign Affairs. [4], 43 pages. 8vo, 195x150 mm, modern calf in period style, with morocco lettering piece; occasional toning and soiling, scattered minor stains, blank upper outer corner off title, paper flaw in blank lower margin of E3. London, 1688
first edition of a pamphlet in defense of political moderation. "Halifax's policy has come to be the essence of constitutional democracy . . . His actions had a lasting effect on the politics of the time, and more lastingly on the government of the country: his writings provide a classic exposition of the empirical character of the British Constitution"-- Printing and the Mind of Man 162. Wing H296.
