"THAT CAUSE IS JUST WHICH DEFENDS THE LAWS, WHICH PROTECTS THE COMMON GOOD… THAT CAUSE IS JUST WHICH DOES DESTROY TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT"
(DEFOE, Daniel) (DUNTON, John) (SOMERS, John). The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations. London, 1710.
Rare 1710 edition of Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations, preceded only by the 1709 edition titled Vox Populi; Vox Dei, a powerful and influential argument against absolute monarchy that would later be published throughout the colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. This is the work of Daniel Defoe and John Dunton, though in the past it has been attributed to John Somers. $6800.
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