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The art of law-giving: : in III books. The first, shewing the foundations and superstructures of all the kinds of government. The second, shewing the frames of the commonwealths of Israel and of the Jewes. The third, shewing a model fitted unto the present state, of balance of this nation. To which is added an appendix concerning an House of Peers

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1659.
Call number: 291336
Creator: Harrington, James (1611-1677)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 8vo
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