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UNION -- [Daniel DEFOE (1661-1731)]. An Essay at removing National Prejudices against a Union with Scotland ... Part I. Edinburgh: [s.n.], 1706. 4° (220 x 160). 51,[1]p. (Title and final leaf lightly soiled.) Uncut in modern boards. One of two Edinburgh issues, published in the same year as the London edition. Neither are in Moore. McLeod 119 only mentions the London edition; cf. Goldsmiths' 4277. -- An Essay upon the Equivalent in a Letter to a Friend. [Edinburgh]: 1706. (Title slightly soiled.) Disbound. ONLY EDITION. Arguing that the equivalent offered to Scotland was inadequate and would not compensate for the loss of the East India Company and increased duties. Goldsmiths' 4307; Kress 2508; McLeod 127. -- [John BANNATYNE (1641-1707)]. Some Queries proposed to Consideration relative to the Union now intended. [Edinburgh: 1706]. ONLY EDITION. Goldsmiths' 4264; Kress 2484; McLeod 419: 'the type of questions asked and the manner in which they were presented left no doubt that the author was against the union.' [Bound with:] An Answer to some Queries, &c. relative to the Union, in a Conference betwixt a Coffee-master and a Countrey-farmer. [?Edinburgh], 1706. ONLY EDITION. An answer to Bannatyne's 1706 tract above. Kress 2482; McLeod 31. -- John Hamilton, Baron BELLHAVEN (1656-1708). A Speech in Parliament ... upon the Act for Security of the Kingdom in case of the Queens Death. Edinburgh: heirs of Andrew Anderson, 1703. 15,[1]p. Published in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. McLeod 429: 'bitter assessment of Anglo-Scottish relations since 1603. Bellhaven argued that the union, the royal perogative and the state of bishops were three weapons used by England to keep Scotland dependent and poor.' [Bound with:] A Speech without Doors anent the giving a Subsidy before the passing an Act of Security &c. [?Edinburgh]: 1704. ONLY EDITION. Goldsmiths' 4102; McLeod 438. Modern boards. Together 6 tracts in 4 volumes, 4°; and 15 similar tracts in a further 9 volumes. A STRONG COLLECTION ON THIS FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL DEBATE. (13)

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UNION -- [Daniel DEFOE (1661-1731)]. An Essay at removing National Prejudices against a Union with Scotland ... Part I. Edinburgh: [s.n.], 1706. 4° (220 x 160). 51,[1]p. (Title and final leaf lightly soiled.) Uncut in modern boards. One of two Edinburgh issues, published in the same year as the London edition. Neither are in Moore. McLeod 119 only mentions the London edition; cf. Goldsmiths' 4277. -- An Essay upon the Equivalent in a Letter to a Friend. [Edinburgh]: 1706. (Title slightly soiled.) Disbound. ONLY EDITION. Arguing that the equivalent offered to Scotland was inadequate and would not compensate for the loss of the East India Company and increased duties. Goldsmiths' 4307; Kress 2508; McLeod 127. -- [John BANNATYNE (1641-1707)]. Some Queries proposed to Consideration relative to the Union now intended. [Edinburgh: 1706]. ONLY EDITION. Goldsmiths' 4264; Kress 2484; McLeod 419: 'the type of questions asked and the manner in which they were presented left no doubt that the author was against the union.' [Bound with:] An Answer to some Queries, &c. relative to the Union, in a Conference betwixt a Coffee-master and a Countrey-farmer. [?Edinburgh], 1706. ONLY EDITION. An answer to Bannatyne's 1706 tract above. Kress 2482; McLeod 31. -- John Hamilton, Baron BELLHAVEN (1656-1708). A Speech in Parliament ... upon the Act for Security of the Kingdom in case of the Queens Death. Edinburgh: heirs of Andrew Anderson, 1703. 15,[1]p. Published in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. McLeod 429: 'bitter assessment of Anglo-Scottish relations since 1603. Bellhaven argued that the union, the royal perogative and the state of bishops were three weapons used by England to keep Scotland dependent and poor.' [Bound with:] A Speech without Doors anent the giving a Subsidy before the passing an Act of Security &c. [?Edinburgh]: 1704. ONLY EDITION. Goldsmiths' 4102; McLeod 438. Modern boards.

Together 6 tracts in 4 volumes, 4°; and 15 similar tracts in a further 9 volumes. A STRONG COLLECTION ON THIS FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL DEBATE. (13)
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