An Impartial Enquiry Into the Causes of the Present Fears and..

1692. London, 1692. 1st ed. London, 1692. 1st ed. Advice to King William and Queen Mary Booth, Henry, Earl of Warrington [1652-1694], Attributed. An Impartial Enquiry Into the Causes of the Present Fears and Dangers of the Government, Being a Discourse Between a Lord Lieutenant, And One of his Deputies, Summoned to Hold a Lieutenancy, For Raising the Militia. London: S.n., 1692. [ii], 20 (i.e. 18) pp. Text in parallel columns. Quarto (9" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent three-quarter calf over cloth, gilt title to spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to extremities, front hinge starting. Some soiling to title page, interior otherwise fresh. $200. * First edition. Support for the Protestant monarchs in the form of sage military advice: a warning to pursue naval power rather than a land war in the struggle with France. It is also an expose of treacherous advice given to the king by French sympathizers. English Short-Title Catalogue R34927.