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164617558London: Printed by T.W. Thomas Warren for Ed. Edward Husband 1646. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece woodcut headpieces. Contemporary calf worn especially at spine joints somewhat tender; first blank appears to be torn out leaf with frontispiece repaired some browning and soiling mostly on edges. Overall a good copy from the library of the Earls of Macclesfield with their dated 1860 bookplate motto “Sapere aude†on the paste-down and blind embossed stamp of armorial on first three leaves. First edition. In 1640 King Charles I established the Long Parliament in order to acquire funds for the Bishop’s War against the Scots. However as soon as the Long Parliament took control they began dismantling the monarchy’s authority by removing the king’s advisors and sympathizers. The orders and ordinances collected in this copy begin at this crucial moment and cover the duration of the English Civil War from 1642 to 1646. It is therefore an excellent reference source for laws and statutes during the English Civil War. It also contains several matters of Colonial interest including An Order for advancement of the Plantations in New England; An Order to make the Earl of Warwick Governor of the Plantations in America; An Ordinance against Importation of Whale-oyl; and An additional Committee for ordering Foreign Plantations among others.<br /> <br /> Wing provides the name of the printer for this copy and lists several other volumes containing records of orders over a range of years. Printed by T.W. [Thomas Warren] for Ed. [Edward] Husband unknown
1652015677London: John Field printer to the Parliament of England 1652 Book. Poor. Hardcover. 1652 Good Condition Hardcover Half-leather with marbled sides. 4to 70 pp. newly bound and cut of shortly title page spotted very slight loss of text pp 59 60 some browning throughout A declaration of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England relating to the affairs and proceedings between this Commonwealth and the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countreys: and the present differences occcasioned sic on the States part. And the answer of the Parliament to three papers from the ambassadors extraordinary of the States General upon occasion of the late fight between the fleets. With a narrative of the late engagement betvveen the English and Holland fleet. As also a collection of the preceedings in the treaty between the Lord Pauw Ambassador Extraordinary from the States General of the United Provinces and the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England. Friday the ninth of Iuly 1652. Ordered by the Parliament that no person whatsoever without particular license from the Parliament do presume to print the declaration . Nor any the papers therewith printed other then the printer to the Parliament. Hen: Scobell Cleric. Parliamenti. CONTENTS: title page A Declaration of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England Relating to the Affairs and Proceedings between this Commonwealth and the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries and the present Differences occasioned on the States part. The Answer of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England to Three Papers presented to them by the Councel of State from the Ambassadors Extraordinary of the Lords the States General of the United Provinces upon occasion of the late Fight between the Fleets. A Narrative of the late Engagement between the English Fleet under the Command of General Blake and the Holland Fleet under the Command of Lieutenant Admiral Trump near Dover. A Collection of the Proceedings in the Treaty between the Lord Pauw Ambassador Extraordinary from the States General of the Vnited Provinces and the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England. The Lord Pauw's Speech at his Audience before the Parliament the Eleventh of Iune 1652. A Translation of the Letters Credential to the Lord Pauw. speaker's report and Parliamentary order The Lord Pauw's Speech at his Audience in the Councel of State. document order A Summary of what the Lord Adrian Pauw Extraordinary Ambassador of the States General of the Vnited Provinces of the Low Countries hath propounded to the Deputies of the Honorable Councel of State of the Parliament of England the 24 / 14 of June 1652. document A Paper from the Lord Pauw order Translation of the Letter of the Lord Pauw to the Lord President of the Councel of State. The Paper of the Three Extraordinary Ambassadors mentioned in the former Letter. Parliamentary resolution paper A Translation of the Paper of the Lord Ambassador Pauw 17 June 1652. The Answer of the Councel of State to the Summary of the Lord Adrian Pauw Extraordinary Ambassador of the States General of the Vnited Provinces presented to the Councel the 24/14 of this instant June. A Translate of a Paper of the Lord Ambassador Pauw of the 1/22 July June desiring a Conference with the Commissioners of the Councel of State. Another Paper of the Lord Pauw of the 21th of Iune 1652. Another Paper of the Lord Pauw 23 June 1652. The Answer of the Parliament to that part of the Paper given in by the Lord Pauw whereby he desires the Commissioners of the Councel to propound what they shall think reasonable and just to compose speedily the present Differences between this Commonwealth and the Lords the States General of the United Provinces. order A Paper of the Lord Pauw 26 Iune 1652. Another Paper of the Lord Pauw the same day. Another Paper of the same Date. A Paper of the three Ambassadors dated 28 Iune 1652. The Lord Pauw's Speech in Parliament at his taking leave 30. J. John Field printer to the Parliament of England hardcover
164337991London: Printed for Edw. Husbands 1643. 4to 19 cm 7.5". 63 pp. <br><br>The Irish rebellion of 1641 is nicely explained on the Trinity College Dublin library website http://1641.tcd.ie/historical-rebellion.php. Thousands of English and Scottish settlers were dispossessed during the uprising; many of those who fled to Dublin for safety were interviewed by crown authorities and their depositions taken. This publication contains abstracts of some of those eyewitness testimonies as well as the House's reasoning on the cause of the rebellion and a short narrative of its early months the latter with considerable emphasis on naval operations. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC R4373; Wing rev. ed. E2557. Quarter red morocco with French-swirl marbled paper sides and gilt spine lettering; binding signed with small rubber-stamp on verso of front free endpaper by the Macdonald Company of New York. Leather of joints lightly rubbed in places. Very good condition. Printed for Edw. Husbands hardcover books
16411409300024Printed at London : For M.S 1641-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 2 48 226 pages. Bound in early 20th century 3/4 leather. Gilt letterig on spine. 5 raised bands. Cloth boards. Page ends washed red. Good binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Owners leather bookplate on inside board of Laurence Roberts Carton. Lacks the 4 portraits. Errata leaf present at end of text but well-worn showing only a quarter of original text. Clean unmarked pages with tanning. R13582. Wing P4018. <br><br> Like many Puritans abhorring decadent celebrations Prynne was strongly opposed to religious feast days including Christmas and revelry such as stage plays He included in his Histriomastix 1632 a denunciation of actresses which was widely felt to be an attack of Queen Henrietta Maria. This book led to the most famous incidents in his life but the timing was accidental. <br> About 1624 Prynne had begun a book against stage-plays; on 31 May 1630 he obtained a license to print it and about November 1632 it was published. Histriomastix is a volume of over a thousand pages showing that plays were unlawful incentives to immorality and condemned by the scriptures Church Fathers modern Christian writers and pagan philosophers. By chance the queen and her ladies in January 1633 took part in the performance of Walter Montagu's The Shepherd's Paradise: this was an innovation at court. A passage reflecting on the character of female actors in general was construed as an aspersion on the queen; passages which attacked the spectators of plays and magistrates who failed to suppress them pointed by references to Nero and other tyrants were taken as attacks on the king Charles I. <br>William Noy as attorney-general instituted proceedings against Prynne in the Star-chamber. After a year's imprisonment in the Tower of London he was sentenced 17 February 1634 to be imprisoned during life to be fined to be expelled from Lincoln's Inn to be deprived of his degree by the university of Oxford and to lose both his ears in the pillory. Prynne was pilloried on 7 May and 10 May. On 11 June he addressed to Archbishop Laud whom he regarded as his chief persecutor a letter charging him with illegality and injustice. Laud handed the letter to the attorney-general as material for a new prosecution but when Prynne was required to own his handwriting he contrived to get hold of the letter and tore it to pieces. In the Tower Prynne wrote and published anonymous tracts against episcopacy and against the Book of Sports. In one he introduced Noy's recent death as a warning. Elsewhere he attacked prelates in general 1635. An anonymous attack on Matthew Wren bishop of Norwich brought him again before the Star-chamber. <br> On 14 June 1637 Prynne was sentenced once more to a fine to imprisonment for life and to lose the rest of his ears. At the proposal of Chief-justice John Finch he was also to be branded on the cheeks with the letters S. L. signifying 'seditious libeller'. Prynne was pilloried on 30 June in company with Henry Burton and John Bastwick and Prynne was handled barbarously by the executioner. He made as he returned to his prison a couple of Latin verses explaining the 'S. L.' with which he was branded to mean 'stigmata laudis' sign of praise. He was released by the Long Parliament in 1640. The House of Commons declared the two sentences against him illegal restored him to his degree and to his membership of Lincoln's Inn and voted him pecuniary reparation as late as October 1648 he was still trying to collect it. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War particularly in the press and in many pamphlets while still pursuing the bishops. Printed at London : For M.S hardcover
166715762London: n.p. 1667. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. London 1667. 4to. 5-1/2 x 7-1/2'. 32pp. Bound to style in quarter leather; maroon lettering label gilt; marbled paper boards in a Stormont design. Light blindstamp of a seminary library on title and marginal acquisition number two tiny closed marginal tears on the title one of the affecting the 'e' of 'Printed' else a very good copy. Wing T.2471. ESTC R23832. n.p. hardcover
166715762London: n.p. 1667. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. London 1667. 4to. 5-1/2 x 7-1/2'. 32pp. Bound to style in quarter leather; maroon lettering label gilt; marbled paper boards in a Stormont design. Light blindstamp of a seminary library on title and marginal acquisition number two tiny closed marginal tears on the title one of the affecting the 'e' of 'Printed' else a very good copy. Wing T.2471. ESTC R23832. n.p. hardcover books
16832201270022London: : Printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd: and by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1683. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Charles II : Acts of Parliament Unbound. Clean unmarked pages. 1 191-207 p. Text in black letter. This Act is among the first of three separate series of Acts passed during 1677-1678. "Anno Regni Caroli II. Regis Angliae Scotiae Franciae & Hiberniae vicesimo nono. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the eighth day of May anno Dom. 1661." Public General Acts. 1677-1678. 29 & 30 Car. II.c.4. Title from caption title p. 191. London: : Printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd: and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the King's m paperback
16622201280001London : Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty 1662. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Customs act 1662 Unbound. 2 209-242 p. : coat of arms ; 29 cm fol. Text in black letter. Ten-line decorated initial on first page. Royal arms on cover title page: approximately 8 x 6.5 cm. Crawford arms 66. See Crawford J.L.L. Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority 1485-1714 II page 511. Public General Acts. 1662. 14 Car.II.c.11. "Anno regni Caroli II. Regis Angliae Scotiae Franciae & Hiberniae decimo quarto. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the eighth day of May anno Dom. 1661. In the thirteenth year of the reign of our Most Gracious Soveraign Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And there continued till the nineteenth of May in the fourteenth year of His Majesties said reign : And thence prorogued to the eighteenth of February then next following London : Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty paperback
164237985London: Printed for John Wright 1642. 4to 19 cm 7.5". 8 pp. <br><br>First edition. This ordinance made provision for privateers to hinder aid reaching the Irish during the Rebellion of 1641 although the rebellion wasn't entirely quelled until Cromwell's New Model Army reconquered Ireland in 1653. The war was almost certainly the most destructive in Irish history and its abiding legacy was the wholesale transfer of land ownership and political power from the old Catholic elite to a Protestant one in part newly installed and in part pre-existing the war. The publisher of this wartime proclamation was an official printer for the Parliament of England and published several early newspapers and ballads. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC R19001; Wing rev. ed. E1765. Quarter red morocco with French-swirl marbled paper sides and gilt spine lettering; binding signed with small rubber-stamp on verso of front free endpaper by the Macdonald Company of New York. Leather of joints rubbed. Very good condition. Printed for John Wright hardcover books
164520454London: Pr. for John Wright 1645. Small 4to. 1 f. 6 pp. <br><br>A parliamentary action on ordination: The ordinance sparked some controversy immediately and there was at least one immediate publication that examined its import.<br>Â Â Â Â => Bibliographically interesting. Wing records four different issues of this ordinance the telling points being on the title-page: the spelling of "classical" or "classicall" and the form of the date whether "12 Novemb. 1645" or just "1645" and combinations thereof. ESTC fails to distinguish them. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wing rev. ed. E1894A; ESTC R176130. Removed from a nonce volume and dusty; in modern wrappers. All edges a bit chipped and lower margins of leaves A2 and A3 with loss of blank paper. All leaves age-toned. Pr. for John Wright unknown books
16955831London c. 1695. Copper engraving 12.2 x 15 cms original hand-colour blank verso. Map unknown
16955826London c. 1695. Copper engraving 12.2 x 15 cms original hand-colour blank verso. Map unknown
16955829London c. 1695. Copper engraving 12.2 x 15 cms original hand-colour blank verso. Map unknown
16541292706London: John Williams and Francis Eglesfield 1654. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo 269 2 pages. In Good plus condition. Rebound in modern burgundy buckram gilt lettering on spine. 20 136 121-269 3. Contemporary bookplate on verso of title page of Thomas Brotherton of Hey. Small bookworm hole to upper fore corner does not impact text page wavy and tape repaired tear to ffep. Title page in red and black. Includes index. Preface signed: T.F. i.e. Thomas Fuller. ESTC Citation No. R23317 Wing F2422; JG consignment. Shelved Room G. 1292706. Special Collections. John Williams and Francis Eglesfield hardcover
16541292706London: John Williams and Francis Eglesfield 1654. First Edition. Hardcover. large Octavo 269 2 pages; G; rebound in modern burgundy buckram gilt lettering on spine; 20 136 121-269 3; contemporary bookplate on verso of title page of Thomas Brotherton of Hey.; small bookworm hole to upper fore corner does not impact text; page wavy; tape repaired tear to ffep; Title page in red and black; Includes index; Preface signed: T.F. i.e. Thomas Fuller; ESTC Citation No. R23317 Wing F2422; JG consignment; shelved case 0. 1292706. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Williams and Francis Eglesfield hardcover books
16428664Yorke i.e. London Printed by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty: and now reprinted for R. Best 1642. 1642. 1642 4to. 7 1 p. Royal arms woodcut on A1v. Modern quarter bound style with marbled boards and handmade endpapers. Small marginal paper repairs otherwise a very good copy. Scarce. Thomason E.11718; Wing 2nd ed. C2350; ESTC R17920. Yorke [i.e. London], Printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty: and now reprinted for R. Best, 1642. hardcover
1683401784London : Printed by W. Rawlins S. Roycroft and H. Sawbridge . for Thomas Bassett Samuel Heyricks William Crooke and William Hensman 1683. 1st edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Paul; Ogden Lawrence. Poor copy in the original full aniline calf. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Front board detached. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 376 pp. Subjects; Charles I King of England 1600-1649 Sources ; Early works to 1800. Law reports digests etc. Great Britain. Jurisprudence. London : Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge ... for Thomas Bassett, Samuel Heyricks, William Crooke, and Willi hardcover
16955828London c. 1695. Copper engraving 12.2 x 15 cms original hand-colour blank verso. Map unknown
16597113650 1-324 pages contains a note to both the reader and the inhabitants of Pudsey Leeds and Bradford Printed for Tho. Johnson hardcover
168016984ABAmsterdam, 1680. Blattgröße 45,5 x 56 cm. Gestochene Portolankarte auf Bütten. Leuchtend altkolorierter Stich mit senkrechter Mittelfalte. Leicht angefleckt. Sehr schöne dekorative Karte.
16496269Amsterdam 1649. Copper engraving 38.5 x 52.5 cms recent hand-colour French text on verso. Map unknown
16955827London c. 1695. Copper engraving 12.2 x 15 cms original hand-colour blank verso. Map unknown
1658670821658. Customs Administration During the Restoration Era England and Wales. The Act of Tonnage & Poundage And Book of Rates; With Several Statutes at Large Relating to the Customs; Carefully Examined by the Records: Out of Which are Collected the Variations from the Book of Rates and Act of Tonnage and Poundage As Now Practis'd. With an Abridgment of Several other statutes concerning the customs. As also the Usual Tares Ports of England and Wales Lawful Keys And Wharfs in the Port of London; With the Tables of Officers Fees Scavage Package Balliage And Packers-Porters Duties. Together with an Index of the Whole Alphabetically Digested. London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker 1675. x 325 1 pp. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 3-1/2. Contemporary calf rebacked retaining spine with raised bands blind rules to boards gilt dentelles to board edges endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards and extremities minor wear to corners recent owner bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning to text early owner signature to front endleaf. An attractive copy. $300. Later edition. This handbook offers an excellent perspective on the practical application of customs regulation by clerks collectors and other dockside officials. Like many books of this kind they are valuable sources of detailed information that is difficult to find elsewhere. The first edition was published in 1660. It went through several editions the last appearing in 1737. It incorporates the various acts granting the Crown taxes on imports of wines tobacco and linen and silk. English Short-Title Catalogue R23868. unknown books
1612WRCAM38441London: Robert Barker 1612. 114pp. with woodcut vignettes above and below title and at end of text woodcut royal arms above beginning of text on p.1. Small quarto. 20th-century boards gilt leather label. Large illustrated bookplate of legendary bookseller John Howell on front pastedown. Titlepage slightly soiled with a few ink spots. Outer corners of text block trimmed diagonally. Light dampstaining and soiling. Contemporary ink inscriptions including proper names in margins of pp.6 7 14 some smeared at an early date. Additional contemporary inscriptions on p.14 in blank spaces between printed text. Lacking leaf A1 recto blank except for signature mark within vignette verso blank and leaf C2 recto and verso blank. A good copy housed in a half-morocco slipcase spine gilt erroneously noting "inscription by Francis Bacon". A royal decree issued by King James I confirming that baronets holders of hereditary titles awarded by the crown were to be ranked below the younger sons of Viscounts and Barons. The practice of awarding baronetcies was introduced by James I in 1611 and this decree was issued in response to a "controversie which did arise upon an inference only out of some dark words contained in the Letters Patents of the said Baronets." This copy has numerous contemporary ink inscriptions in English on three pages some of which were smeared and are now mostly illegible at an early date. The remainder of the inscriptions include proper names single words and partial sentences. STC 9234. ESTC S105542. Robert Barker hardcover books
1661009117Printed by and for John Field and Tho. Newcomb also for W. Lee D. Pakeman and Gabriel Bedell . London 1661 1661. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 10 920 64 pages : portrait missing ; 30 cm OCLC 13205839 ; full leather with five bands. rebound ; this is the first of the three volumes of the first impression;interestingly a copy of the later third impression was owned by Thomas Jefferson in Monticello & is now in the Jefferson Exhibit collection of the Library of Congress ; Croke was brought into Parliament for Bere Alston by his relative Charles Blount 8th Lord Mountjoy. He served on the committees concerning tillage 13 Dec. 1597 lewd & wandering persons 20 Dec. costs in civil lawsuits 27 Jan. 1598 & on two conferences with the Lords 16 Jan. on defence and 3 Feb. on wine casks. He was probably the 'Mr. George Cooke' who was appointed to the committee on tellers and receivers on 12 Dec. Croke began reporting law cases in 1581& is mentioned as an advocate in his own reports in 1588. He established a lucrative practice & built up estates in Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire. He was associated with the Hampden family was named as overseer in the will of William Hampden & must have known John Hampden for whom he later gave judgment in the ship-money case. Croke's marriage 'fell out unexpected to his friends that conceived a purpose in him never to have married' she being some 20 years of age & he 'an ancient bachelor'. Croke's law reports published after his death in a translation from the law French by Harbottle Grimston his son-in-law soon occupied a considerable place in the authoritative literature of the common law. The 12 active years which he spent on the King's bench coincided with some of the great constitutional cases of the century. He is best remembered in connexion with ship-money. In 1637 Charles submitted the question to the judges all of whom-save for Croke and Sir Richard Hutton-agreed that the King could demand such financial aid from his subjects in time of danger. The two dissidents signed this general statement in the belief that they were bound to yield to the majority opinion. However when the problem came before him judicially in the Hampden case he made an outright statement declaring that there was no precedent for such a prosecution and that only Parliament might set a charge upon a subject. 'The King has ship money by hook but not by Croke' said the wits. In 1641 Croke retired retaining the title salary & allowances of a judge. He died at Waterstock 16 Feb. 1642 leaving two wills the first being concerned with the disposal of land to his wife and son Thomas. In the second made 1640 and proved 3 May 1642 he asked to be buried without 'heraldry' hearse or any 'unnecessary ceremonies'. The widow was appointed sole executrix.--historyofparliamentonline ; Sir Harbottle Grimston 1603-1685 English politician second son of Sir Harbottle Grimston Bart. d. 1648 was born at Bradfield Hall near Manningtree on the 27th of January 1603. Educated at Emmanuel College Cambridge he became a barrister of Lincoln's Inn then recorder of Harwich & recorder of Colchester. As member for Colchester Grimston sat in the Short Parliament of 1640 & he represented the same borough during the Long Parliament speedily becoming a leading member of the popular party. He attacked Archbishop Laud with great vigour; was a member of the important committees of the parliament including the one appointed in consequence of the attempted seizure of the five members; & became deputy-lieutenant of Essex after the passing of the militia ordinance in January 1642. He disliked taking up arms against the king but remained nominally an adherent of the parliamentary party during the Civil War. In the words of Clarendon he "continued rather than concurred with them." .He translated the law reports of his father-in-law the judge Sir George Croke 1560-1642 which were written in Norman-French & five editions of this work have appeared.-1911 Britannica ; thick volume; marginalia; FAIR <br/> <br/> Printed by and for John Field and Tho. Newcomb, also for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and Gabriel Bedell ..., London, 1661 hardcover