[Anon.] Manifeste du dernier roi Jaques II. avec la réponse où on fait voir evidemment la foiblesse & l’invalidité de ces raisons./ Reponse au manifeste adressé par le roy Jaques II. aux princes confederez catholiques/ Réponse au manifeste adressé par Jaques Second aux princes confederez protestants./Remarques sur le Manifeste ou Memoire sommaire, contenant les raisons qui doivent obliger les princes conféderez catholiques de contribuer au rétablissement de Jacques II

[Anon.] Manifeste du dernier roi Jaques II. avec la réponse où on fait voir evidemment la foiblesse & l’invalidité de ces raisons. Suivant la copie à Londres, Richard Baldwin, 1697, 79 pp.Reponse au manifeste adressé par le roy Jaques II. aux princes confederez catholiques. La Haye, Meindert Uitwerf, 1697, 64 pp. Réponse au manifeste adressé par Jaques Second aux princes confederez protestants. La Haye, Meindert Uitwerf, 1697, 72 pp. Remarques sur le Manifeste ou Memoire sommaire, contenant les raisons qui doivent obliger les princes conféderez catholiques de contribuer au rétablissement de Jacques II. Amsterdam, J.L. de Lorme bookseller, 1697, 42-(1) pp.; 4 pamphlets in 1 vol., 16mo, 19th-century half calf, spine gilt with floral motifs and red morocco label; good copy, spine damaged with loss of leather and blackening, pages trimmed

A rare collection of four pamphlets in French concerning the deposed King James II of England and his continued assertion of his right to the English throne following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The collection opens with a French translation of the Late King James’s Second Manifesto, Directed to the Protestant Princes (1697), issued from exile as an appeal to European rulers — both Protestant and Catholic — to recognize his legitimacy and assist in his restoration. Likely written in response to the Treaty of Ryswick, which recognized William III as the rightful King of England, the text reflects James’s attempt to exploit divisions among the continental powers and to remind them of their prior recognition of his kingship. The manifesto was not universally well-received. It was often met with skepticism and opposition, and a number of “answers” or counter-manifestos were written by Protestant figures to refute his claims. A rare contemporary record of the last public efforts of the Stuart cause, complete in one volume.