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174635112London 1746. Folio printed in two columns per page. 2 150; 2 72; 2 195 1 blank pp. PLUS: large folding engraved illustrated plate 'The Situation of the English French and Spanish Fleets when They Began the Engagement in the Mediterranean on the Eleventh of Feby. 1743/4. Cape Sicie Bearing then N.N.E. & from the Center of the Fleet About ten Leagues.' Mild wear occasional light toning and mild foxing bound in modern institutional buckram with gilt-lettered spine title call numbers at base of spine. Title page with two rubberstamps. Very Good.<br /> <br /> These gentlemen were charged with permitting the combined French-Spanish fleet to escape after the British victory at Toulon during the War of Austrian Succession. It was feared that the fleets were heading for Gibraltar and a planned invasion of England.<br /> ESTC T114204. unknown
1767411280London : publisher not identified 1767. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copies finely bound in the original full aniline calf. Raised bands with red and black gilt-blocked leather label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Hinges starting and some board starting to detach. Remains quite well-preserved overall; internally bright and clean. Further scans images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description; 2 vol. ; 21 cm. Notes; Contains ""An historical essay on the legislative power of England . By George St. Amand"": at the at end of vol. 2. with a separate titlepage pagination cxxvii p. and register the essay was also issued separately. Has been attributed to Almon John 1737-1805. Includes index. Contents; vol. 1 1242-1724 -- vol. 2 1725-1772. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Constitutional history Great Britain ; Sources. Great Britain Politics and government 1216-1760 ; Sources. London : publisher not identified hardcover
1783113275No place: no printer identified 1783. Pro bono work First and apparently only edition of this speech promoting the establishment in Toulouse of an order of lawyers offering free legal representation to the poor a "league of generous defenders of the oppressed and destitute". When Maître Gez c.1700-1792 gave this speech to his peers at the Parlement in Toulouse he had already constituted a group of thirty-two lawyers providing free counsel to the poor. The group was divided into two chambers according to seniority and met monthly. Appealing to the generosity of his peers to form a society of men dedicated to the pursuit of justice and set free from the "domination of greed" Gez cites as models to follow Montesquieu Beccaria and Servan as well as the Bareau of the city of Nancy which had already implemented a similar system. Jean Nicolas Joseph Abraham Gez had a long career at the Bar and was made a member of the Académie des Sciences Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse in 1785. Quarto 238 x 190 mm 21 pp. Engraved vignette at head of first leaf. Disbound and stab sewn through the original stab holes. Small marginal stain to first leaf top corner with small stain; a very good copy. unknown
1745100736Pamphlet format small folio disbound each act with its own title. One act with 2 pages separated some minor dampstaining; otherwise very good plus. The lengthiest act relating to the raising of money makes several specific references to colonial Georgia including the provisioning of the garrisons commissioning of troops of Highland Rangers with schooners and granting money to the trustees of Georgia for the improvement of the colony. Another act provides for a speedy trial for those who commit treason against the king. Also included is an act to indemnify those individuals who defended the king concerning the "Scottish Rebellion." Thomas Baskett unknown
17391364557Dublin: n.p. 1739 - 1749. First Editions. Hardcover. Octavos Twenty-Four Volumes; G-; Quarter-bound in leather and original light blue paper boards spines banded some with handwritten volume number notation; Boards show significant soiling and age-toning moderate plus wear/bumping to corners moderate cracking to leather along joints and moderate wear to spines; Textblock/spine of Vol. XXIII is split at p. 163 but all pages sound otherwise bindings sound; Textblocks show moderate age-toning and curling to untrimmed edges minor shelfwear to bottom edges light to moderate uneven age-toning to pages throughout interiorly and a 19th-century ink ownership inscription "Marcus Gage" appears on the titlepage of each volume. RWO-LC. <p><p> Shelved in law annex. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. Appears to be a set of true first editions as released in Dublin beginning in 1739. John Torbuck of London began releasing a reprint in 1741 but these volumes lack the publisher information on the titlepages consistent with that edition. This set appears to be complete in twenty-four volumes. 1364557. Special Collections. [n.p.] hardcover
17951402166London 1795. One admittance ticket for the "Seventieth Day" of impeachment trial of Warren Hastings. Ticket appears to be missing a section along the right edge and has split into thirds and is currently laid down on paper. Signed 'Pelham' with original wax seal intact in lower right corner. Shows age toning and a few fingerprints along the edge but in Good condition otherwise. RW Consignment. Shelved at Rockville Room A General Ephemera Part 2. Warren Hastings 1732-1818 the former Governor-General of Bengal was charged by the House of Commons in 1787 with high crimes and misdemeanors related to his administration of the East India Company's territories in India. These included allegations of corruption and abuses of power. The trial which was spearheaded by Edmund Burke became one of the most famous legal and political spectacles of the 18th century. Running from 1788 to 1795 it consumed seven years of parliamentary life. The "Seventieth Day" fell in 1795 near the trial's conclusion. Hastings was ultimately acquitted in April of that year. 1402166. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown
1702mon0003110386London: Charles Bill 1702. Hardcover. Very Good. . Rebound in sturdy brown cloth with gilt decoration and lettering on the spine cover shows minor rubbing to the extremities. Pages are tanned with some minor foxing. Authentic 1702 publication not a reprint. London: Charles Bill hardcover
18008691800. Second Edition. London: printed by W. Stratford sold Cadell and Davies 1800. 4 47 pp. Neatly bound in later marbled boards cloth spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy.<br /> <br /> Surprisingly rare pamphlet no first edition located censorious of the enjoyment afforded the lower classes by the spectacle of torture inflicted on dumb animals in this case the unspeakable cruelties of bull-baiting. The attempt to outlaw bull-baiting figured significantly in the contest in England between reform and reaction at the time of the French Revolution. Advocated by Wilberforce and others the bill was defeated by conservative ideologies such as Edmund Burke and acolyte William Wyndham who foresaw in the abolition of such brutality the erosion of the traditions which supposedly bound the lower classes to the existing social order. Put simply better to torture a poor animal than guillotine an aristocrat-a familiar dynamic in class society then and now. unknown
1780W1890London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1780. Title page pp. 691-696. Folio. First edition. Printed on laid paper. Disbound from larger volume. "An Act to allow the exportation of provisions goods wares and merchandize from Great Britain to certain towns ports or places in North America which are or may be under the protection of His Majesty's arms; and from such towns ports or places to Great Britain and other parts of His Majesty's dominions." The effect of this act was to amend the American Prohibitory Act of 1776 to to allow the resumption of trade betwenn Britain and those parts of the American colonies that remained under British control. The Prohibitory Act had been the final straw that led to the American Revoltion but if Parliament thought the 1780 revisions would reverse British fortunes in the colonies they would be disappointed: The Restoration of Trade Act was too little and too late. The document is in very good condition: clean and bright with 4 tiny bookworm holes in bottom margins--well away from the text. First Edition. Paper. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Manuscript. Charles Eyre and William Strahan Paperback
17641409240058London: Mark Basket; Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1764-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 18 Acts in 10 Volumes. 4to. 6 volumes bound in paper wraps. 4 volumes bound in quarter brown cloth. Paper boards. Paper title pastedown on front covers. Good binding and cover. Minimal shelfwear. Slight sunning to extremities. Clean unmarked pages. <br><br> AN ACT TO CONTINUE SEVERAL LAWS RUM OR SPIRITS OF THE BRITISH SUGAR PLANTATIONS BEFORE THE DUTIES OF EXCISE ARE PAID THEREON; AND TO THE FURTHER PUNISHMENT OF PERSONS GOING ARMED OR DISGUISED IN DEFIANCE OF THE LAWS OF EXCISE. London: Printed by Mark Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett. 1764. 2 239-242 pp. AN ACT TO IMPOWER THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY TO LAY OUT UPON PROPER SECURITIES A FURTHER SUM OF MONEY Lon: Baskett 1764. 2 455-458pp. AN ACT TO EXPLAIN AMEND AND RENDER MORE EFFECTUAL TWO SEVERAL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT MADE IN THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF HIS PRESENT MAJESTY FOR PAVING CLENSING AND LIGHTING THE SQUARES STREETS AND LANES WITHIN WESTMINSTER Lon: Baskett 1764. 2; 527-546 pp. AN ACT TO CONTINUE PREVENT THE FRAUDS AND ABUSES COMMITTED IN THE ADMEASUREMENT OF COALS WITHIN THE CITY AND LIBERTY OF WESTMINSTER Lon: Baskett 1764. 2 639-640 pp. AN ACT FOR PUTTING THE ROAD FROM CLARGES STREET TO HYDE PARK CORNER AND FROM THE SOUTH END OF PARK LANE paving cleansing lighting the Squares Streets Lanes and other Places in Westminster. Lon: Baskett 1766. 2 859-864 pp. 5 statutes in 1 volume. Each title page Lon: Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1771. 1st statute AN ACT FOR BETTER PAVING THE STREETS SQUARES LANES COURTS ALLEYS WAYS 2 315-352pp. 2nd statute AN ACT TO EXPLAIN A CLAUSE IN AN ACT OF THE LAST SESSION OF PARLIAMENT FOR BETTER SUPPLYING THE CITY OF WORCESTER AND THE LIBERTIES THEREOF WITH WATER AND FOR BETTER PAVING AND LIGHTING THE SAID CITY 2 355-356pp. 3rd statute AN ACT FOR BETTER REGULATING THE POOR WITHIN THE CITY OF OXFORD. 2 359-404pp. 4th statute AN ACT FOR THE BETTER PAVING THAT PART OF THE HIGH STREET 2 407-438pp. 5th statute 2 AN ACT TO ENABLE HIS MAJESTY TO LICENCE A PLAYHOUSE IN THE TOWN OF LIVERPOOLE IN THE COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER. 2 443-444pp. 3 statutes in 1 volume. Each is published Lon: Eyre and Strahan 1771. 1st statute AN ACT FOR PAVING WAPPING STREET IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX 2 543-595 i pp. ESTC N57180. 2nd statute AN ACT TO AMEND AND RENDER MORE EFFECTUAL SEVERAL ACTS MADE RELATING TO PAVING CLEANSING AND LIGHTING SQUARES STREETS LANES AND OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE CITY AND LIBERTY OF WESTMINSTER AND PARTS ADJACENT. 2 599-642pp. ESTC N57181. 3rd statute AN ACT FOR PAVING AND REGULATING ROSEMARY LANE FROM THE PARISH OF SAINT BOTOLPH 2 647-686 pp page 648 mis-paginated ·684. Page 647 has signing ·8A2 and press figure ·3. 1st line of text last word: Lane 1st word under woodcut letter: ·Cannon. Page 686 last line of text last word: ·thereof. AN ACT TO ENABLE THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF SAINT MATTHEW BETHNAL-GREEN IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX TO PAY DEBTS ALREADY CONTRACTED in finishing and furnishing their Workhouse and on account of the Poor of the said Parish Lon: Eyre and Strahan 1773. 2 1159-1166pp. AN ACT FOR PAVING REPAIRING LIGHTING AND WATCHING THE STREETS Lon: Eyre and Strahan 1774. 2 575-638pp. ESTC: N57449. 3 statutes in 1 volume each Lon: Eyre and Strahan 1775. Rear cover soiled minor marginal dampstaining mostly to first statute. 1st statute AN ACT FOR PAVING AND REGULATING AND FOR PREVENTING NUISANCES AND OBSTRUCTIONS WITHIN NEW GRAVEL LANE AND THE SEVERAL STREETS Clerkenwell 2 1411-1447 i pp. 2nd statute AN ACT TO EXPLAIN AND AMEND AN ACT AN ACT FOR THE BETTER RELIEF AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOR WITHIN THE PARISH 2 1451-1462 pp. 3rd statute AN ACT FOR APPLYING THE FUNDS PROVIDED FOR REBUILDING THE OFFICES 2 1467-1476 pp. ESTC records for above statutes include: N56797 N56819 N57171 N57172 N57173 N57175 N57182 N57391 N57577 N57578 N57579. <br><br>During the period 1700-1840 Parliament passed more than 600 Acts sanctioning local initiatives for improvement and reconstruction. The Acts varied enormously in scope ranging from those dealing with small projects such as the widening of a few central streets to those that dealt with the complete redevelopment of large areas. London: Mark Basket; Charles Eyre and William Strahan hardcover
1742460240London : Printed for Richard Chandler and sold at the Ship without Temple-Bar and at York and Scarborough 1742. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copies overall all in contemporary full leather boards. Heavy edge wear with variable but substantial surface loss and flaking. Spines heavily worn with raised bands and gilt-blocked titles now entirely faded on volume 7 variably legible on others. Joints somewhat worn on all volumes; weak on volumes 10 12 and 14 with both boards detached but present on volume 9. Text blocks remain notably tight bright and clean throughout; endpapers somewhat foxed. A very serviceable and internally well-preserved collection. Physical description; 11 volumes ; 21 cm. Notes; Published 1742-1744. Title continues: ""Containing the most remarkable motions speeches resolves reports and conferences to be met with in that interval : as also the most exact estimates of the charge of government state of the public revenue the rise and growth of the national debt expence of the war proceedings on ways and means speeches and messages from the throne addresses and remonstrances also the numbers pro and con upon every division &c. Many of which curious particulars were never before printed : Collected from the best authorities compared with the journals of the House and illustrated with a great variety of historical and explanatory notes : together with a large appendix containing exact lists of every parliament the names of the speakers their several posts under the government and other valuable supplemental pieces."" Edited by C. Ward and R. Chandler. Contents: 1. 1660-1680 -- 3. 1695-1706 -- 4. 1706-1713 -- 5. 1713-1714 -- 7. 1727-1733 -- 8. 1733-1734 -- 9. 1734-1737 -- 10. 1737-1739 -- 11. 1739 -- 12. 1740 -- 14. 1742-1743. This collection lacking volumes 2 6 and 13. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons History Sources. Great Britain Politics and government 1660-1714. Great Britain Politics and government 1714-1760. Great Britain History 1660-1714 Sources. Great Britain History George I 1714-1727 Sources. Great Britain History George II 1727-1760 Sources. London : Printed for Richard Chandler, and sold at the Ship without Temple-Bar, and at York and Scarborough hardcover
179039482Paris 1790. A PRISTINE COPY of this rare example of French revolutionary Judaica a satire against Mirabeau. 1 37 pp. Printed with large margins on extremely fine laid paper. 8vo. Sewn into plain blue wraps as issued ENTIRELY UNCUT. A bit of faint old staining else FINE AND BRIGHT. Barbier II 334. Rare and important. <br/><br/> paperback
178200TP08Paris France 1782. On June 13th 1782 'Docteur rege de la Faculte de Medecine en L'Universite de Paris ancien Proffesseur de les Ecoles.' Etienne Pourfour-de-Petit first hired by the University in 1732 writes the Faculty beseeching that the Faculty honor and uphold his 1760 retirement 'edict'. Superbly interesting document that highlights the struggles of the revolutionary period and transition of power. The Professor obviously a monarchist and of the 'ancien regime' is faced with a new board made up of the rebels. Easily read is a certain disdain to the new Faculty members his deep respect for the Monarch but also an embracing of the new revolutionary ideas. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS 1792-1872. Born in 1792 Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the entire inventories of booksellers. "I wish to have one copy of every book in the world" he declared to a friend. He very nearly succeeded. His collection ultimately grew to more than 100000 books and at least 60000 manuscripts. As a result of his extravagant purchases Sir Thomas was permanently on the verge of bankruptcy and was constantly pursued by creditors. So many books arrived at his house that it was impossible to unpack his acquisitions much less keep pace with them. Visiting scholars driven to distraction would spend days hunting for an elusive text in the dusty heaps that filled every room. Because Sir Thomas has a morbid dread of fire most of his collection was housed in coffinlike boxes that could be carted away quickly. Visitors to Middle Hill were struck too by the presence of numerous logs a ploy he used to lure beetles away from his books. As Sir Thomas relentlessly pursued his passion the house itself began to crumble and its floors started to sag under the cast weight of hundreds of tons of paper. His neglect of Middle Hill was partly deliberate however. Sir Thomas's chief enemy in life James Halliwell had married his daughter against his wishes. It appears that Halliwell was in Sir Thomas' eyes the worst kind of criminal a book thief who had stolen valuable works from university libraries and even from his father-in-law. Having no sons Sir Thomas was unable to prevent Halliwell from inheriting his estate. To ensure that his detested heir would never receive anything of value Sir Thomas's solution was to allow Middle Hill to fall unto complete disrepair. He even went so far as to chop down and sell for lumber the centuries-old oak trees that lined the majestic mile-long drive to his home. In 1863 Sir Thomas decided to move - in order to accommodate his books. With the aid of 160 men 103 wagonloads of books and papers drawn by 230 horses the books were lumbered from Middle Hill top their new estate in nearby Cheltenham. It is said that for years afterwards the countryside was littered with the remains of carts that had collapsed under the sheer weight of the Phillipps collection. Sir Thomas continues to add to his library until his death in 1872. After Sir Thomas's death his immediate family had no room for his collection. So vast was the library that although individual items and large sections were sold privately or through numerous auction sales the Phillipps collection is still being sold more than a century after the death of its owner. In the course of its sales many treasures have come to light. As late as 1964 part of the long-lost and unique medieval manuscript of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses appeared and was subsequently reunited with its other half at Magdalen College Oxford. Once destined for destruction as worthless wastepaper this and many other priceless works were saved by the single-minded obsession of the greatest bibliomaniac of all time. Autograph. Manuscript. Very Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Paperback
1727AQ22496London: s.n. 1727. 3pp 1. Docket title printed to verso of final leaf. Disbound. Old folds. A remarkably rare survival of a Georgian act for preventing frauds and abuses within the dying trade in particular the 'deceitful practice' of dying of woollen goods black 'without using Woad Indigo of Mather' and marking such goods with falsified signs of authenticity. ESTC records copies at a single copy in the British Isles BL and one further in North America Chicago. ESTC T16387. First edition. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1727AQ22495London: s.n. 1727. 3pp 1. Docket title printed to verso. Disbound. Old folds. A rare survival of a Georgian parliamentary bill never enacted for preventing the importation of thrown silk from the Italian states 'but what shall have visible Spinning and be doubled and twisted' and entirely excluding shipments of low quality tram silk material that is reeled rather than spun. ESTC records copies at a single location in the British Isles BL and one further in North America Chicago. ESTC T16381. First edition. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1725AQ22492London: s.n. 1725. 3pp 1. Stab-stitch holes and remains of binding to gutter. Four old horizontal folds docket title printed to verso of second leaf. A rare survival of a Georgian parliamentary bill for improving safety measures in the cities of London and Westminster regarding the storage of gunpowder. An addendum to an act passed in 1719 limiting the quantity of gunpowder permitted to be kept in storehouses the bill addresses the issue of dealers in gunpowder dividing up their warehouses into smaller partitions to circumvent regulations suggesting further restrictions be put in place to avoid potential fire hazards and the destruction of 'several publick offices' and the loss of 'the lives and fortunes of many thousands'. The bill was passed on 31st May 1725. ESTC records a single copy BL. ESTC T17339. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1798182503London: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1798-99. First edition of this complete set of 114 statute laws. It opens with the act that granted Lord Nelson and his descendants a perpetual pension in reward for his victory at the Battle of the Nile. It also includes the Slave Trade Act 1799 notable for better regulating the conditions aboard slave ships sailing from Africa. Other laws of note include William Pitt's Income Tax Act; the Offences at Sea Act still in force today; and the Combination Act banning trade unions. Folio 294 x 183 mm pp. 887 36. Woodcut headpieces tables in text. Near-contemporary half calf flat spine gilt-lettered direct flat bands marbled boards. From the collection of Clive Richards although unmarked as such. Spine darkened and rubbed wormhole in fifth compartment corners worn front free endpaper stabilized pp. 321-33 with large loss at foot affecting text: a very good copy. hardcover
1783394201London : J. Debrett 1783. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copies only in the original quarter aniline calf over marbled boards. Spines worn; spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and bumped as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 6 v. 22 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords ; Early works to 1800. Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1820. London : J. Debrett hardcover
1714AR0016London: Printed By John Baskett 1714. Original issue . paper wrappers. Fine. Folio. 275-324 pp. 31cms Attractive general title-page with the Royal Crest. Decorative initial to the black letter type with a drop title to the head of the page. A fine crisp fresh and clean complete copy of the act from a nonce volume. Dis-bound but complete section. An important Act from the last year of Queen Anne reign. ORIGINAL PRINTING. please email for photos <br/> <br/> Printed By John Baskett unknown
1759154744Canberra.: Government Printer. 1917-59. Collection of 13 reports for the years: <br> <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1916 - 8pp. lightly and evenly browned. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1918 - 8pp. lightly and evenly browned. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1919 - 8pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1920 - 4pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1921 - 19pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1929 - 12pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1935 - 11pp. <br>For the Year 1937-38 - 15pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1952 - 14pp. <br>For the Year ended 30th June 1953 - 31pp <br>For the Years 1st July 1953 to 30th June 1956 - 34pp lower wrapper stained and a little creased. <br>For the Year 1956-57 - 27pp <br>For the Year 1957-58 - 24pp <br> <br>All in wrappers occasional light browning very good. 34 x 21cm. This collection of reports offers a very detailed picture of Norfolk Island from World War I to the end of the 1950s. Agriculture trade tourism there were 793 visitors to Norfolk Island in 1929 sports purchase of a road grader roads on the island much improved wages and trade being just some of the areas reported on. . Government Printer. unknown
