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Title: A Paradox Against Liberty. Written by the Lords, During Their Imprisonment in the Tower. A Poem.
Description: London, Not Stated, 1679 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An extremely scarce poem written from the point of view of a group of Lords awaiting execution in the Tower of London, for crimes of treason. The first and only known edition. Folio. Vanishingly scarce work. Disbound. 'A Paradox Against Liberty' is an anonymously-written poem surrounding an imprisonment in the Tower of London. Written "by the Lords during their imprisonment in the tower", this poem explores the nature of treason and power in the seventeenth century. Written from the point of view of someone awaiting death in the tower. This striking work takes the view of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, who was a royalist supporter wrongly implicated by Titus Oates in the later discredited Popish Plot, subsequently executed for treason in 1680. Stafford was imprisoned in the Tower between 1678 and 1680, along with four other Catholic peers. Disbound. Externally, very good, with small stab marks to gutter and the odd light handling mark. Slight misalignment from front cover. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with the odd light pencil annotation. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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