John Horne Tooke - The Diversions of Purley - 2 volumes-
Beautiful, fully bound in mottled calf. Ex-library copy, but only very few library marks. Some normal signs of wear, and slight foxing to some pages -but generally in very good condition. Volume 1 - is a 2nd edition (534 pages) and Volume 2 - is a 1st edition - ] pagesJohn Tooke was a supporter of John Wilkes (the radical 18th century politician), and himself a political radical and grammarian. Tooke aided in founding a Society for supporting the Bill of Rights, in . Starting a subscription for the widows and orphans of the Americans “murdered by the king’s troops at Lexington and Concord,” he was tried and found guilty of libel and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment. Whilst incarcerated he began to write ‘The Diversions of Purley.'Throughout the author constantly refers to his imprisonment and trial. Read More