Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The true English interest : or, an account of the chief national improvements; in some political observations, demonstrating an infallible advance of this nation to infinite wealth and greatness, trade and populacy, with imployment [sic], and preferment for all persons.
Call Number
item 6820711
Lapidus 5.1574
HC254.5 .R33
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc5712mh738
Publisher
London: Giles Widdowes, 1674.
Language
English
Date Created
1674
Extent
[24], 92, [4] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo).
Provenance
Princeton copy 3 Signature of "Tho. Peace 1757" at head of title, with his numerous ms. notes throughout. Thomas Peace of Petersfield, lord of the manor of Harting Combe in Rogate (West Sussex, England) wrote notes about the plantings on the manor. He also wrote memorials in honor of his wife Mary Peace, Rev. Mr. John Denham, William Gally and Daniel Chater.
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
References
ESTC R36784
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Imprimatur on leaf A1v: Licensed, Sept. 5. 1673. Roger L’Estrange.
With 2 final advertisement leaves.
With Giles Widdowes's griffin device on recto of license leaf.
Binding Note
Princeton copy 3 Handwritten on cover: "True English Interest. Harting Combe Memorials." Also abbreviated on back cover.
Princeton copy 1 Lapidus copy: recent three quarter leather; plain green gray boards.

Discovery Information

Subject
Great Britain—Economic policy
Great Britain—Colonies—America
Annotations

Physical Characteristics

File Count
128

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e989c3c9-1d88-4334-8a45-5de12a2d1644/manifest