Item #47551 BRITANNIA'S INTERCESSION For The DELIVERANCE Of JOHN WILKES, ESQ. from Persecution and Banishment. To Which is Added a Political and Constitutional Sermon: and a Dedication to L*** B***; [Price One Shilling.]. John - Subject Wilkes, 1725 - 1797.
BRITANNIA'S INTERCESSION For The DELIVERANCE Of JOHN WILKES, ESQ. from Persecution and Banishment. To Which is Added a Political and Constitutional Sermon: and a Dedication to L*** B***; [Price One Shilling.]
BRITANNIA'S INTERCESSION For The DELIVERANCE Of JOHN WILKES, ESQ. from Persecution and Banishment. To Which is Added a Political and Constitutional Sermon: and a Dedication to L*** B***; [Price One Shilling.]

BRITANNIA'S INTERCESSION For The DELIVERANCE Of JOHN WILKES, ESQ. from Persecution and Banishment. To Which is Added a Political and Constitutional Sermon: and a Dedication to L*** B***; [Price One Shilling.]

London: Sold by H. Woodgate, Near the Chapter Coffee-House, St. Paul's Church-Yard, [1768]. The Fourth Edition [ESTC T4982]. First published as ’A New Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Happy Deliverance of John Wilkes, Esq.’. [1] - [10], [10] - 17, [1] pp. Dedication signed [in type] by 'youngtypo'. This copy with astericked names identified in pencil. Headpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. Folio: A - E². C1 in duplicate. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A1 well worn & soiled, with split to center right edge. Other internal paper repairs. A Good copy only. Item #47551

John Wilkes was a British radical, journalist and politician. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters—rather than the House of Commons—to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the St George's Fields Massacre.

This a satire by one of those, evidently, not in Wilkes' camp.

Now quite uncommon in the trade.

Price: $495.00

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