1715 SIR RICHARD STEELE. The Political Writings - First Edition. From Important Hawaii Book Collector. Puritan some staining

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by Richard Cecil

of establishing a Preaching Minister through out all the whole kingdom

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1715 SIR RICHARD STEELE. The Political Writings - First Edition. From Important Hawaii Book Collector. Puritan some stainingRare first edition of the first edition of Sir Richard Steele's political writings. No other examples on the market at the time of cataloguing. Steele was a staunch whig, viewing a representative Parliament as far superior to the monarchy. He believed in open dialogue and that an educated populace would lead to healthy self governance. His ideas, promoted through the pages of The Tatler helped form the "conceived in liberty" framework of the American