The rights of nations to depose their kings, and to change or amend their systems of government
Subtitle: with a vindication of the killing of tyrants: being an abridgement of Milton's celebrated tract, entitled, "The tenure of kings and magistrates." And a new and abridged translation of his great work, called "A defence of the people of England, in answer to Salmasius's Defence of the King."
By: To which is added, Areopagitica; or, A speech on the liberty of unlicensed printing. With notes, an original memoir, and a brief review of Milton's prose works. By William Greatheed Lewis
Publisher: Printed and published by T. Dolby,at the Britannia-press, 299, Strand.
Published: 1821
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Notes: Errata: p. [225].

The front. port. has imprint dated 1 Oct. 1821.

"Life of John Milton": p. [1]-50.

On the leaf conjugate with the errata leaf occurs the publisher's "Prospectus of a new and splendid edition of Paradise lost" (2 p.) with a half-page wdct. signed "G. Cruikshank del" showing Britannia with a cap of liberty standing by a printing press (cf. Cohn (1924) 559). The proposed edition, to be published in about 6 weekly nos., with no. 1, 1 Dec. 1821, never materialized.