A scheme for settling the Pretender on the throne of Great Britain. Or A memorial presented at the French Court, touching the interest of France, with respect to England, Scotland, and Ireland. : With a letter to his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans. /
Erskine, John,1675-1732.
Orléans, Louis,duc d',1703-1752.
London, : Printed for T. Warner, at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row.,
MDCCXXVII. [1727]
Woodcut headpiece and initials.
Parallel caption titles at the head of page 13: A letter writ to his Royal Highness, which was deliver'd with the above memorial. / Lettre ecriie a san Altesse Royale pour accompagner ce memoire.
The pamphlet reproduces in French and English a letter purportedly written by Jacobite diplomat John Erskine, former Earl of Mar (1675-1732), to Louis, Duke of Orleans (1703-1752) a nobleman then first in line to the French throne, agitating for James Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, to be installed in the English, Irish and Scottish thrones. It is preceded by a long and unsigned preface which warns that should such a scheme come to pass, it would ensure England would be "subjected to tyranny and superstition, and to the lawless government of  Popish bigot ...".
ESTC
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766
Jacobites
England London.