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[SACHEVERELL, Henry (1674–1724)]. [Trial of Dr. Henry Sacheverell]. A sammelband, consisting of: An Impartial Account of what pass’d most remarkable in the last session of Parliament relating to the case of… London: for Jacob Tonson [but actually Abel Roper (see Speck entry of reputed hoax)], 1710. [Bound with:] An exact list of the members of the honourable House of Commons… 1710. [With:] The tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, before the House of Peers, for high crimes and misdemeanors… London: J. Tonson, 1710. [With:] The Bishop of Salisbury’s and the Bishop of Oxford speeches in the House of Lords… and also, the Bishop of Lincoln’s and Bishop of Norwich’s speeches… London: John Morphew, 1710. 4 volumes in one, large folio (375 x 232 mm). Half–title and engraved portrait frontispiece in “An Impartial Account”; order to print by C. Cowper and errata in “The Tryal”. Full contemporary calf with gilt paneling, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, gilt–tooling and lettering in compartments (some splitting near ends of front joint, old repair near head of rear joint). Provenance: Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury (1643–1715), armorial bookplate. In 1710, Sacheverall openly attacked Burnet, who in return, would speak out against Sacheverell in a debate on his case in the Lords which was published that same year and seen here bound in. ALL FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUES IN LARGE PAPER RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ONLY. Madan describes the printing of “The Tryals” as having only “a few copies” printed in large paper. The others were advertised by Morphew as having large paper copies for binding with large paper copies of “The Tryal” in the Post Boy, 29 June – 1 July 1710. Laid in with: SACHEVERELL. False notations of liberty in religion and government destructive of both… London: Henry Clements, 1713. Small 4to. On 14 December 1709 the preacher Henry Sacheverell was impeached for seditious libel by the House of Commons, after two sermons preached at St. Paul’s Cathedral in which he attached the House by calling attention to the threat to the church from “fanatics and other false brethren”, spoke in favor of the doctrine of non–resistance, declared that the church was in danger from “toleration, occasional conformity, and schism” and “openly attacked the Bishop of Salisbury” (DNB). THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE MOST MOMENTOUS OF ALL ENGLISH POLITICAL TRIALS WITH A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION. Madan 459; 780; 465; 341; 1081. From the private library of a distinguished Chicago book collector.