The Palladium of conscience; or, The foundation of religious liberty displayed, asserted, and established, agreeable to its true and genuine principles, above the reach of all petty tyrants, who atempt to lord it over the human mind. Containing Furneaux's Letters to Blackstone. Priestley's Remarks on Blackstone. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley. and Blackstone's Case of the Middlesex-elections; with some other tracts, worthy of high rank in every gentleman's literary repository, being a necessary companion for every lover of religious liberty. And an interesting appendix to Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England.
America [Philadelphia] : Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late Union Library, in Third-Street, Philadelphia,
1774.
Error in paging: p. 123 misnumbered 113.
In two parts.
Includes two publisher's prospectuses.
Part I has three sections, each with its own titlepage: 'Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Dr. Blackstone's commentaries on the laws of England. Relating to the Dissenters. By Joseph Priestly, ..' 'A reply to Dr. Priestley's remarks on the fourth volume of the commentaries on the laws of England. By the author of the Commentaries' 'The case of the late election for the county of Middlesex, .. The second edition ..' with its own titlepage.
Published by Bell in 1772 and again in 1773 as: An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England (Evans 12328, 12684).
The register is continuous through both parts.
The titlepages in both parts are dated 1773.
With an initial advertisement leaf.
ESTC
Evans 13154