Eiiea Iitepoenta or the Diversions of Purley.

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London 1860. Royal 8vo. Contemporary library cloth binding. (liv 740pp.). Gilt. Sprinkled edges. Engraving frontispiece. Fine. NOTE: Radical politican lawyer and vicar. In 1771 he formed the Constitutional Society supporting the American colonists and parliamentary reform. His spirited opposition to an enclosure bill procured him the favour of the rich Mr Tooke of Purley in Surrey which led to his new surname and "The Diversions of Purley" (1786) written while in prison for supporting the US cause. He was tried for high treason in 1794 acquitted and became an MP in 1801.