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[ii], 93 pp. Second Edition. [Bound with] Herbert, Thomas, et al. Memoirs of the Two Last Years of the Reign of the Unparallell'd Prince of Ever Blessed Memory, King Charles I. [viii], 303, + [1] ad pp. First Edition. London, 1702. Two titles bound together in one octavo volume, contemporary full calf with later rebacking.

John Berkley [Berkeley], 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton was co-proprietor of New Jersey from 1664 to 1674. He sold his share to a group of Quakers because of the political difficulties created by New York Governor Richard Nicolls, George Carteret, and himself. He effectively split New Jersey into two colonies: East Jersey (belonging to other proprietor Sir George Carteret) and West Jersey. The colony was divided until 1702 when West Jersey went bankrupt and the colony was given back to the English crown, who unified the colony again.