Modus tenendi Parliamentum apud Anglos, [ca. 1625].

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Modus tenendi Parliamentum apud Anglos, [ca. 1625].

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Contemporary MS copy, in English. Text is similar to 1679 edition published as "The Ancient Method and Manner of Holding Parliaments in England." Manuscript's table of chapters adds a second book to follow chapter 8: "The Second Booke shall have eleven chapter," but the text finishes at the end of Book I, where printed text ends.

1 v. (74 f.) ; 28 x 18 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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