Title page from Catalogue of the Pamphlets, Books, Newspapers, and Manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration 1640-1661. 2 vols.

Catalogue of the Pamphlets, Books, Newspapers, and Manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration 1640-1661. 2 vols.

This is the catalog of the collection of 22,000 books and pamphlets made by the London bookseller George Thomason between 1641 and 1662, known as the Thomason Tracts. It is an unparalleled collection which documents the political and economic struggles between Parliament and the Crown during the Civil Wars, Revolution, Protectorate, and Restoration. It is currently housed in the British Library in London.

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Vol. 1 contains a list of books and pamphlets published between 1640-1652; vol. 2 for 1653-1661 as well as an index of the entire collection.