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1827181920London : John Murray 1827. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original full aniline calf. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with the title blocked direct in gilt; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 45 pages; Physical desc.: viii 2 45 1p.: 1 plate. ; 4o. Notes: Ed. by H. Phillpotts pref. With a half-title preceded by a facsimile. Other names: Phillpotts Henry 1778-1869. Kenyon Lloyd Kenyon Baron. Pitt William 1759-1806. Genre: Letters - 19th century. London : John Murray hardcover
1981DADAX0313230390Bloomsbury Academic 1981-07-24. hardcover. New. 5.50x0.81x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bloomsbury Academic hardcover
19779St James 30 July 1796. 2 pages 9 x 7 inches plus integral address leaf gilt edges in fine fresh and attractive condition bearing two seals in red wax with ends of red silk ties SIGNED BY A RELUCTANT GEORGE III ON BEHALF OF HIS FORMER MINISTER TO THE UNITED STATES. The bearer of this letter George Hammond had returned to England after serving as the first British Minister to the United States of America in 1795. He was then promoted by George Grenville the Foreign Secretary to act as his senior Under-Secretary with George Canning serving as the second. Meanwhile faced with Napoleon's victories in Italy and the Rhineland Pitt's First Coalition was facing collapse. Grenville keen on an alliance with Prussia proposed that her support could be ensured by giving her a free hand in annexing either of the Belgic provinces or extensive domains in Germany; a plan that was turned down by George III with the cutting observation that 'Italian politics are too complicated for my understanding'. Nevertheless as Ward puts it the British Cabinet was in its desperation 'prepared to act on the degrading principle of gaining the help of a powerful State by conniving at its annexation of a week neighbour' Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy ii p. 267. Hammond as per our letter was therefore despatched to Berlin with George III's reluctant agreement. But he had no luck. For when he got to Berlin he discovered that the King was away and nothing could be done in his absence. So he let the matter drop. unknown
360435Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Met. Created in the 18th century 1793–1800. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Rag Bright White premium quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
360434Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Met. Created in the 18th century 1793–1800. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Matt Fibre in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
360436Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Met. Created in the 18th century 1793–1800. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
360433Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Met. Created in the 18th century 1793–1800. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A3. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
61172Lauenburg 1801. 8vo. 18 x 11 cm. pp.xxxii2643416. Contemporary needlework binding of white gold silk twill with borders of gold sequins and foliate border of green silks issuing in red flowers upper cover with crowned monogram of George III to the centre monogram in gold sequins the crown worked in coloured silks the lower cover with a central cornucopia worked in gold threads with flowers and leafy sprays in coloured silks corner pieces of flowers worked in sequins and gold threads gilt edges bright green endpapers slightly rubbed the binding preserved in its original red morocco slipcase with crowned gilt monogram of George III to upper cover and star emblem to lower cover gilt border to sides spine richly gilt. Slipcase a little rubbed at extremities the binding remarkable well preserved overall in excellent condition. Lauenburg, 1801. unknown
8vo., Second Impression, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter browned at backstrip and extremities. Published a year after the first edition.
750Light rubbing and soiling. Very good. JJA-750. <p>George III County of York Indenture of Conveyance in the amount of £150 from Dorothy Temple to Henry Haldor and William Spencelay both of York and dated May 21 1776.</p> <br /> <p>Measures approx. 11 x 31.5 inches. Manuscript on vellum sealed and stamped. Docketed to verso.</p> . unknown
#[60986]British Empire d.d. 1 August 1817. Vellum charter good condition. 60x45 cm. Manuscript text and calligraphy with 4 coloured coats of arms three of the King and the officials and one of Hopton. Original 'signatures' written names and attached wax seals of both officials in decorated wooden spane casings. Encased in a made to fit oblong wooden case with metal closing mechanism and clothed with red linen decorated in gold with GR initials and crowns. This comes with an original letter from George W. Marshall Rouge Croix from the College of Arms dated 1900 and the Royal licence signed by Queen Victoria adressed to Lieutenant-Colonel Hopton for a change of name and arms from John Dutton Hunt to Hopton. This charter explains that William Hopton heretofore William Parsons only surviving son of John Parsons MP of Kemerton Court county Gloucester deceased by Deborah his wife who was the daughter of Richard Hopton of Canon Frome in Hereford and the aunt of Richard Cope Hopton also deceased took the name of Hopton by Royal decree of 11 March 1817 in order to inherit the Canon Frome estate. It also relates to the impressive family history dating several centuries back. The Hoptons had lived at Canon Frome for several generations the succession often being through the female line. The Canon Frome estate was one of the largest in the county and he was a typical squarson'. William Parsons Hopton married twice first to Mary Graves and second to Anna Poole and his eldest grandson by the second marriage Edward married his cousin Clare Ellen Trafford. A soldier who served in the Crimea Indian Mutiny and the Kaffir and Zulu Wars Edward became a General and was knighted in 1900. He and his son Edward after him were Trustees of the Michaelchurch Estate and Eliza Rawson bought them a house at Cagebrook in the parish of Eaton Bishop. It seems that Canon Frome Court is now inhabitated by a rural living community of adults and children. Kemerton Court apparently the ancestral home of the Parsons family still exists and in the village of Kemerton there is a two storey tower still known as "Parsons folly". Unusual is the grant of a crest "out of a Ducal Coronet" "under the peculiar circumstances and the antiquity of the family" but "may not be made a precedent." H96 hardcover
182311828L. G. Michaud 1823 458 pages in8. 1823. reliure editeur plein veau dos orné. 458 pages.
Biography of George IV, with eight illustrations. 301 pages. Index. ex-libris label on front pastedown, two creases on front free endpaper, spine faded and browned, covers faded in parts, particularly on back cover, light foxing to page edges.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, pictorial endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, small neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
40960saying that "on receiving the two Boxes yesterday morning I perceived that the one was not intended for my perusal and sent it to the Messenger which gave rise to the mistake of his going to London previous to my dispatching the other Box which I therefore sent by a safe hand at a later hour." 1 side 4to. Windsor 8th February It is unusual to find holograph letters from the monarch. unknown
43488saying that "Edward Warburton and William Boulton were at a Quarter Session of the Peace holden at Aylesbury. tried and convicted of Grand Larceny and were sentenced to be transported seven years for the same. We in consideration of some favorable circumstances humbly represented unto Us in their behalf are graciously pleased to extend Our Grace and Mercy unto them and grant them our Pardon for their said Crime on Condition of their enlisting and entering to serve Us as Soldiers in Our Army abroad until duly discharged therefrom." 2 sides folio with papered seal Court at St James 21st January unknown
53782appointing James Hay of Seggieden 1771-1838 as Captain Lieutenant in the Perthshire Regiment of Fencible Cavalry commanded by Colonel Charles Moray in the Troop of which Hay is already Captain and further he is to rank as "Captain in the Army during the Establishment of the said Regiment in the Army only" engraved with manuscript additions papered seal of Royal Arms 1 side vellum 5" x 15" no date circa lower portion has been cut away in a rather irregular line three other small portions cut out affecting two words easily supplied James Hay had begun as a Cornet in his local Yeomanry in 1794. In 1804 following the great invasion scare he had been appointed Captain though not so to rank in the Army unless called to active service. Militia regiments were being called upon to volunteer up to half their strength for service in the line and Hay now ranks as a full Captain in the Army. By 1809 he was Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the E. Perth Regiment of Militia. Seggieden is 4 miles SE of Perth. hardcover
51577printed with manuscript details appointing Richard Ward to be "Captain of Dragoons in Our Army" countersigned by "Dunk HALIFAX" George Montague-Dunk 1716-1771 2nd Earl of Halifax uncle of Lord North as a Secretary of State and by the Hon. Robert WALPOLE d. 1810 Clerk of the Privy Council Ambassador to Portugal for the War office vellum 1 side oblong folio with papered seal and revenue stamp Court at St James's 17th November Dunk Halifax 'the Father of the Colonies' was 1st Lord of Trade 1748-1761 promoting Nova Scotia whose capital is named after him 1749 as are counties in Virginia and North Carolina. In 1741 he married the heiress of Sir Thomas Dunk. In 1763 he signed the famous 'Dunk Warrant' to search and apprehend the authors printers and publishers of Wilkes 'North Briton' No. 45. After the officers arrested 18 people and seized a vast quantity of papers the warrant was pronounced by the judges to be 'unreasonable search and seizure' and Halifax was mulcted in damages. It has been called 'the most important warrant in Anglo-American law' and the doctine overturning it is closely related to the Fourth Amendment. Robert Walpole's father was Horatio 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton brother of the Prime Minister. hardcover
42237printed with manuscript details giving "Our Royal Licence authorizjng them to pay two Bills of Exchange for the respective sums of £290 & £473.19.10 the former drawn on themselves the other on Messrs Boyd Benfield & Co drawn at Leghorn." the printed side states that "by these Presents and by the Powers vested in us by the Act passed in the Thirty-fourth Year of Our Reign intitled 'An Act for preventing Money or Effects in the Hands of His Majesty's Subjects belonging to or disposable by Persons resident in France being applied to the Use of the Persons exercising the Powers of Government in France and for preserving the Property thereof'." countersigned by Portland 1 side folio with papered seal Court at St James's 1st April Thomas RAIKES the Elder 1741-1813 was a British merchant particularly trading from London with Russia a banker and newspaper proprietor. Notably he was Governor of the Bank of England during the 1797 currency crisis when the Bank was prohibited by the British Government from paying out in gold. Walter BOYD 1754-1837 was a financier. In March 1793 the firm of Boyd Benfield & Co. was established in London. Boyd as the principal partner contributed £60000 to the common stock. The Bank Restriction Act of 1797 was an Act of Parliament which removed the requirement for the Bank of England to convert banknotes into gold. The period lasted until 1821 when convertibility was restored. The period between these two dates is known as the Restriction period. unknown
42584appointing "Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Major Thoam Inglis on half pay of our One Hundred and Twenty Sixth Regiment of Foot. to be Lieutenant Colonel." countersigned by Pelham at the foot 1 side oblong folio on vellum with papered seal and revenue stamp Court at St James's 29th April Pelham was Home Secretary from July 1801 to August 1803 under Addington who made him Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1803. Pelham went out of office in 1804 and in the next year succeeded to the earldom. hardcover
42581printed with the details filled in by hand appointing Charles Mingay Gent to be "Ensign to that Company whereof. Esq is Captain in our Twenty Second or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot commanded by our Trusty and Wellbeloved Major General David Dundas." countersigned by the Duke of PORTLAND 1 side oblong folio on vellum with papered seal and revenue stamp Court at St James's 2nd December Along with many other conservative Whigs such as Edmund Burke Portland was deeply uncomfortable with the French Revolution; he broke with Fox over that issue and joined Pitt's government as Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1794. In that role he oversaw the administration of patronage and financial inducements which were often secret to secure the passage of the Act of Union 1800 hardcover
17632with double voucher before Sir John Eardley WILMOT 1709-1792 Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1766-1771 of 2 dwellings 1 granary 3 gardens and 100 acres in the parish of Titchfield Hants owned by tenant in tail John Paffard fine engraved portrait 8" x 7¼" of George III elaborately engraved border on three sides of the document the vignettes include Neptune ruling the waves and Hercules slaying the Hydra vellum 27¼" x 35¾" Westminster 14th June lacks seal a little creased in some folds On the verso the property is named as 'Paffard's Lee'. Before the trial John Paffard will have conveyed it to his friend John Webb the defendant for a nominal sum. Another friend Henry Cutler sues Webb for possession alleging dispossession by a fictitious Hugh Hunt. Called to warrant Webb's title Paffard in turn calls the court crier Thomas Francis Martin to say untruthfully that Martin had sold the lands to Paffard as a freehold. The process ends with judgment against Webb and Martin and with Cutler in freehold possession. John Paffard has rid himself of all entails and encumbrances on the property and will soon get it back from Cutler. Wilmot a fellow pupil with Dr. Johnson at Lichfield took part in the cases arising from John Wilkes' libels. hardcover
19768with Royal Arms below including Hanover vellum approx. 5" x 5" date in pencil on verso 24th March hardcover
1772AQ29286London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1772. 2 1127-1131pp 1. Disbound. Scattered spotting. A rare survival of a Georgian act both continuing and amending earlier legislation primarily relating to the importation of goods to Britain from American colonies notably sugar. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles Lincoln's Inn and a further six copies in North America Brown Huntington Minnesota North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati and Virginia. ESTC N57304. Folio. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
