May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 102

Price Realized: $ 840
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
HARRINGTON, JAMES. The Prerogative of Popular Government. A Politicall Discourse in two Books. [16], 134 [i. e., 136], [4]; [4], 84, [4] pages. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, contemporary sheep, quite worn, front cover detached; light dampstaining in lower outer corners throughout. London: for Tho. Brewster, 1658

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first edition. The first part of the book is a reply to the critique by Matthew Wren of Harrington's 1656 utopian political treatise The Common-Wealth of Oceana; the second argues against clerical control of ordination. Wing H820.