Militia and standing army, a collection of 12 works in one volume, 1690-1739

MILITIA AND STANDING ARMY

A collection of 12 works in one volume, comprising:

i. Rules and directions for all such persons as are obliged to find or contribute, either towards horse or foot, in the militia. London: Gardner, 1739, half-title, [ESTC T177449 (1 copy)]

ii. [Trenchard, John] An argument, shewing, that a standing army is inconsistent with a free government, and absolutely destructive to the constitution of the English monarchy. London, 1697, "advertisement" leaf at end (i.e. variant 2), [ESTC R16212]

iii. [Somers, John] A letter, ballancing the necessity of keeping a land-force in times of peace. [London], 1697, [ESTC R11547]

iv. [Trenchard, John] A letter from the author of the Argument against a standing army, to the author of the Ballancing letter. London, 1697, [ESTC R498634 (4 copies)]

v. [Moyle, Walter] The second part of an argument, shewing, that a standing army is inconsistent with a free government. London, 1697, [ESTC R17336]

vi. [Johnson, Samuel] A confutation of a late pamphlet intituled, A letter ballancing the necessity of keeping a land-force in time of peace... second edition. London: A. Baldwin, 1698, [ESTC R24417]

vii. [Johnson, Samuel] The second part of the confutation of the ballancing letter. Containing an occasional discourse in vindication of Magna Charta. London: A. Baldwin, 1700, [ESTC R16394]

viii. [Trenchard, John] The argument against a standing army, discuss’d. London: E. Whitlock, 1698, [ESTC R15603]

ix. [Orme, Thomas] The late prints for a standing army, and in vindication of the militia consider’d, are in some parts reconcil’d. London, 1698, [ESTC R223777]

x. A short method propos’d to prevent the desertion of soldiers. London: Barker and King, 1710, folding engraved plate, [ESTC T124821 (4 copies)]

xi. [Orme, Thomas] May it please your Lordship, having formerly discourst amongst the crowd of arguments which have been vented since the knowledg of the peace. [London, 1690], title taken from opening words of text on A1, [ESTC R6411 (4 copies)]

xii. [Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun] A discourse concerning militia’s and standing armies. London, 1697, [ESTC R5238]

together 12 pamphlets in one volume, 4to, early twentieth-century half calf, lettered in gilt on spine "17th century pamphlets about militia", some leaves soiled, a few tears without loss; sold as a collection, not subject to return

PROVENANCE:

General Viscount Wolseley, Baron Wolseley of Cairo (Garnet Wolseley, 1833-1913), armorial bookplate