L'ESTRANGE, Sir Roger (1616-1704). The Observator in Dialogue, London, J. Bennet, for William Abington [but, for H., Joanna, amd Charles Brome], 1684-87 [but 1681-87], 3 vols. in 2 [comprising vol 1, Numb. 1-470; vol.2, Numb. 1-215; vol. 3, Numb. 1-245 only (of 246)], 2°, prelims. and index for each vol. with an extended preface in vol. 3, 2 engraved portraits by after G. KNELLER by R. WHITE, I & II states with re-engraved legend (text with minor wear from old folds, spotting and minor browning), contemporary mottled calf (covers detached and worn).

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L'ESTRANGE, Sir Roger (1616-1704). The Observator in Dialogue, London, J. Bennet, for William Abington [but, for H., Joanna, amd Charles Brome], 1684-87 [but 1681-87], 3 vols. in 2 [comprising vol 1, Numb. 1-470; vol.2, Numb. 1-215; vol. 3, Numb. 1-245 only (of 246)], 2°, prelims. and index for each vol. with an extended preface in vol. 3, 2 engraved portraits by after G. KNELLER by R. WHITE, I & II states with re-engraved legend (text with minor wear from old folds, spotting and minor browning), contemporary mottled calf (covers detached and worn).

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Provenance: Fra: Sandford, 1694 (inscription on endpaper), Thomas Bramston Esq. of Skreens (18th-century bookplate).

This work consists of the individual issues of the periodical which were gathered in 3 volumes, the first for William Abington the second and third for Charles Brome. In the course of printing the author in 1685 was raised to the peerage, hence the portrait in the second volume having an updated legend. The periodical was unsparing in its attack on dissenters and Whigs and also defending the government's attitude to the Rye House plot. L'Estrange fell from grace during the Revolution of 1688 and was committed to prison. From this point his life and health were never to recover and he died disillusioned in 1704.