Seasonable reflections on dissolving corporations in the late two reigns by surrendring of, and giving judgment against, charters, particularly against that of the city of London, manifestly destructive to the most ancient and famous constitution of our English government
Subtitle: together with the coronation oaths of the Saxon, and several of the Norman, kings, the oath of a judge, and the oaths of the Lord Mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, Common-Council, Common-Serjeant, Town-Clerk, and freemen of the city of London.
Publisher: Printed and are to be sold by Randall Taylor ...
Published: 1689
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Law -- England -- London -- Sources.
Notes: Wing S2242
The first 34 pages contain a general preface. The remainder of the work was originally published in 1682 and is introduced by a t.p. reflecting that: The rights and priviledges of the city of London proved from prescription, charters, and acts of Parliament : also the coronation oaths of several of the kings of England, together with some arguments to enforce on all great men their duty of acting agreeable thereunto and to the known laws of the kingdom. -- London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1682. This latter part is either a reissue or a reprint of Wing R1513.
The whole (new preface and text of the 1682 "Rights and priviledges ...") was printed by Richard Baldwin in the same city and year as Taylor's printing under title: The rights and priviledges of the city of London proved from prescription, charters, and acts of Parliament : with a large preface ... Cf. NUC pre-1956 NR0278597, which claims that the 2nd section consists of remainder sheets of the 1682 ed.
Signatures: [A]² B-I² K1, ²[A]² B-I².