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The very copy of a paper delivered to the sheriffs upon the scaffold on Tower-Hill on Friday, Decemb. 7, 1683 / by Algernoon Sidney, Esq., before his execution there.
1683
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The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
After nearly 60 years of collecting, Sid Lapidus ’59 has presented to the Library more than 2700 volumes representing the fruits of his enthusiasm. Broadly conceived, the collection charts the definition and re-definiton of rights and liberties endemic to Western political traditions. The main focus is texts and documents relating to the American Revolution, its run-up dating back to the Commonwealth men, and coming down to documents of the early Federal government.
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- Author
- Sidney, Algernon, 1623-1683
- Language
- English
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The very copy of a paper delivered to the sheriffs upon the scaffold on Tower-Hill on Friday, Decemb. 7, 1683 / by Algernoon Sidney, Esq., before his execution there.
- Call Number
- Oversize Lapidus 5.2384q
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcbc386v65c
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1683
- Extent
- 3, [1] p. ; 33 cm. (2⁰).
- Provenance
- Ex copy (1445.999q v.2): Inscribed on title page 'Wby Aston' (i.e. Sir Willoughby Aston, 2nd Baronet of Aston [1640-1702]). Contemp. ms. inscription on p. 3 'the word old was not in his speech but is put in abusively.'
- Ex copy (1445.999q v.4): 19th cent. armorial bookplate ‘Ex libris Frederici Aloysii Weld de Chideock Equitis Aurati.’
- Princeton copy 1 Lapidus copy: inscribed as docket title: 'Mr. Algernon Sydneys Paper delivered to the sheriff’s the 7th Dec[embe]r 1683. att his Execution, with the answer or Remarques upon it.'
- Source Acquisition
- Princeton copy 1 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
- References
- ESTC R12869
- Wing S3766
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Caption title.
- Imprint from colophon.
- Copies in Ex 1445.999q v.2 and v. 7 are variant: in line 6 of caption title Sidney’s first name is spelled 'Algernon.'
- Copy in Ex 1445.999q v.2 has contemporary annotation.
- The author justifies his belief in a constitutional monarchy and protests his conviction of treason.
- Signatures: [A²]
- Ex copy (1445.999q v.2): No. 22 of a volume of pamphlets.
- Ex copy (1445.999q v.4): No. 11 of a volume of pamphlets.
- Ex copy (1445.999q v.7 ): No. 2 of a volume of pamphlets.
- Binding Note
- Princeton copy 1 Lapidus copy: Folded quire; trimmed.
- Ex copy (1445.999q v.4): Bound in contemp. full calf sammelband, with contemp. ms. table of contents ‘Tryalls voll the 2d’
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 5
Institutional Information
- Collection
- The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/184ec8a9-5548-4e92-9e16-c72bf7ee795e/manifest