Restored Cambridge Panel binding. Re-backed in sprinkled calf. Clean throughout.

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The importance of these Discourses lies with the Publisher Henry Sacheverell who might rightly be regarded as the first British celebrity

To understand the importance, one must consider the background of the Age – Jacobinism – and the fact that Sacheverell’s works were read by almost every educated Englishman

Henry Sacheverell; 8 February 1674 – 5 June 1724) was an English high church Anglican clergyman who achieved nationwide fame in 1709 after preaching an incendiary 5 November sermon. He was subsequently impeached by the House of Commons and though he was found guilty, his light punishment was seen as a vindication and he became a popular figure in the country, contributing to the Tories’ landslide victory at the general election of 1710.