James Howell,
The Preheminence and Pedigree of Parlement.
Printed at London: by Richard Heron, 1644
Howell defends himself against Prynne and defends the rights of Parliament. A famous reply to Prynne that would go through 5 printings between 1644 and 1677. Scarce in the First Edition.
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Howell defends himself against Prynne and defends the rights of Parliament. A famous reply to Prynne that would go through 5 printings between 1644 and 1677. Scarce in the First Edition.
Howell defends himself against Prynne and defends the rights of Parliament. A famous reply to Prynne that would go through 5 printings between 1644 and 1677. Scarce in the First Edition.
The volume(s) measure about cm. by cm. by cm.
Each leaf measures about 212 mm. by 165 mm.
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Main description
The Preheminence and Pedigree of Parlement. By James Howell Esquire, one of the clerks of His Majesties Most Honourable Privy-Councell. Whereunto is added, a vindication of some passages reflecting upon him, in a booke called the Popish Royall Favorite, penn’d and published by Master Prynne, page 42. Wherein he stiles him, no friend to Parliaments, and a malignant. Together, with a cleering of some occurrences in Spaine, at His Majesties being there, cited by the said Master Prynne out of the Vocall forest. Published by speciall lisence, and entred into the Hall-booke according to order. Printed at London : by Richard Heron, 1644.
The volume is paginated as follows: [4], 18 p. This volume does not contain the frontis. illustration of James Howell.
The volume collates as follows: A2 – A4, B – C4
First Edition. Republished twice in 1645, 1649 and again in 1677 all without the frontis.
ESTC: R212493 Wing H3106
Condition
The Volume is in Very good Condition disbound, with generally clean, well margined leaves, some mild general toning. Lacking the portrait
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Biography / Bibliography
Early in 1643 while visiting London Howell was arrested by the Long Parliament and committed to the Fleet, where he would remain until 1651. While in prison he applied himself to literature.
Prynne in his Popish Royal Favourite (1644), referring to Howell’s account of Prince Charles’s visit to Spain in ‘Dodona’s Grove’, described him as ‘ no friend to parliament and a malignant’.
After defending himself, Howell again returned to the topic of the present Parliament in his ‘The Preheminence and Pedigree of Parlement’ (1644), in which he described the Long parliament as ‘that high Synedrion wherin the Wisdom of the whole Senate is epitomized’.
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