Item 10434The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, before the house of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors; Upon an Impeachment by the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled, in the Name of Themselves, and of all the Commons of Great Britain.
London: Jacob Tonson, 1710. 327p. Contemporary paneled speckled calf. After preaching the fiery sermon "The Perils of False Brethren, in Church, and State" controversial high church clergyman Henry Sacheverell was impeached on sedition charges, resulting in Londoners rioting in sympathy and taking the preacher up as a symbol of the.....