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1667Best.-Nr. 15762London: 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
1667Best.-Nr. 15762London: 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
1688Best.-Nr. 743511688. William of Orange Decides to Summon the Convention Parliament Parliament. William III King of England 1650-1702. Divers of the Members of the Parliaments in the Reign of King Charles the Second And the Aldermen and Common-Council of the City of London Pursuant to His Highness the Prince of Orange's Desire Meeting at St. James's the 26th of December 1688 Caption Title. At head of title: Westminster 26 Dec. 1688. London: Printed by John Starkey Awnsham and William Churchill 1688. 4 pp. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Disbound bifolium edges untrimmed. Moderate toning faint dampstaining to top half a few faint stains. $1250. Only edition. An account of one of the assemblies of peers after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. By this time James II had fled to France and many were advocating for the accession of William of Orange to the throne. This document summarizes the assembly that asked William to summon a convention that would meet in January of the following year. Ultimately the convention which became known as the Convention Parliament decided that James had abandoned the throne and installed William and Mary as King and Queen. OCLC locates 1 copy of this title in a law library University of Minnesota. English Short-Title Catalogue R25000. unknown
1688Best.-Nr. 743511688. William of Orange Decides to Summon the Convention Parliament Parliament. William III King of England 1650-1702. Divers of the Members of the Parliaments in the Reign of King Charles the Second And the Aldermen and Common-Council of the City of London Pursuant to His Highness the Prince of Orange's Desire Meeting at St. James's the 26th of December 1688 Caption Title. At head of title: Westminster 26 Dec. 1688. London: Printed by John Starkey Awnsham and William Churchill 1688. 4 pp. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Disbound bifolium edges untrimmed. Moderate toning faint dampstaining to top half a few faint stains. $1250. Only edition. An account of one of the assemblies of peers after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. By this time James II had fled to France and many were advocating for the accession of William of Orange to the throne. This document summarizes the assembly that asked William to summon a convention that would meet in January of the following year. Ultimately the convention which became known as the Convention Parliament decided that James had abandoned the throne and installed William and Mary as King and Queen. OCLC locates 1 copy of this title in a law library University of Minnesota. English Short-Title Catalogue R25000. unknown books
1791Best.-Nr. 15177London; Printed by and for W. Woodfall 1791. 1791. First edition. Duodecimo pp. 2 123 1. Later maroon quarter calf over terracotta buckram; titled in gilt to spine; all edges sprinkled blue; marbled end-papers. Binding a little tight but strong the corners sharp. First and final leaves evenly toned; very occasional spots to margin but contents otherwise fresh. A clean copy in a near-fine rebind. The first edition of the landmark report on Wilberforce's first abortive bill to abolish slavery. This book contains an account of Wilberforce's legendary four-hour speech condemning the slave trade. Wilberforce had spoken vigorously against slavery since 1789 and had chaired a select committee on the subject of the trade in 1790 but this debate in 1791 was the first outing in the Commons for his Abolition Bill. As his biographer writes 'On April 18 in a four-hour speech that showed his mastery of the evidence and arguments Wilberforce moved for leave to bring in an Abolition Bill. Subsequent debate was lively and extended over two evenings but when the house voted at 3.30 on the morning of 20 April Wilberforce was defeated by 163 to 88 votes. The outbreak both of revolution in France and early in 1791 of a slave rebellion in the French colony of San Domingo Haiti had heightened insecurities and led the majority of M. P. s to oppose a measure that they perceived as potentially destabilizing.' ODNB. An important document in the history of Abolition. Scarce in commerce. The end of p. 60 ends 'and of such' and 3 page references to Pitt on p.124 conforming with ESTC N24631. London; Printed by and for W. Woodfall, 1791. hardcover
1767Best.-Nr. 8138London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1767. Collection of Acts of Parliament printed between 1767 and 1812 legislating on Britain's relationship with its American colonies and subsequently the newly fledged United States. These Acts are disbound and altogether the 25 Acts run to 114 pages. Subjects under British law include the vexed problem of taxation on imports from North America RiceSago and Vermicelli rice etc mutinous troops in the American colonies and laws regarding the transport of 'Rice from South and North Carolina and Georgia directly to any Part of America to the Southward of the said Provinces' 1769 Tea exports to Ireland are dealt with in an act of 1777 and two years later there is an Act designed to raise funds for the loyalist side in the Revolutionary War. The early 19th century group of Acts continues to dealwith the regulation of imports to Britain from the United States and cross-border trade into Canada. $1500 London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1767 Anno Septimo Cap XXX - An Act for allowing the free Importation of Rice Sago Powder and Vermicelli from North America 4pp; 1767 Anno Septimo Cap LV - An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters 4pp; 1767 Anno Octavo Cap III - for the free Importation of Indian Corn or Maize from any of His Majesty's Colonies in America 4pp; 1768 Anno Octavo Cap IX - An Act for the Importation of Salted Beef etc. from the British Dominions in America 4pp; 1768 Anno Nono Cap IV - An Act to allow for a further Time the free Importation of Rice into this Kingdom from His Majesties Colonies in North America 4pp; 1768 Anno Nono Cap IX - to continue an Act for Importation of Salted Beef Pork Bacon and Butter from Ireland and from the British Dominions in America 4pp; 1769 Anno Nono Cap XVIII - An Act for amending An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion 4pp; 1769 Anno Nono Cap XXVII - for granting a Liberty to carry Rice from South and North Carolina and Georgia directly to any Part of America to the Southward of the said Provinces 4pp; 1777 Anno Decimo Septimo Cap XXVII - Drawback of the Duties of Customs on the Exportation of Tea to Ireland 6pp; 1777 Anno Decimo Septimo Cap XXXIV - for the better Supply of Mariners and Seamen to serve in His Majesty's Ships of War 4pp; 1777 Anno Decimo Septimo Cap XLIV - An Act encouraging the making of Indico in the British Plantations in America registering the Prices at which Corn is sold in the several counties of Great Britain encouraging the manufacture of Leather allowing Timber and Wood to be exported from the Island of Dominica allowing a Bounty on the Exportation of British-made Cordage 6pp; 1778 Anno Decimo Octavo Cap LV - to permit the Exportation of Goods directly from Ireland into any British Plantation in America or any British Settlement on the Coast of Africa; Fisheries and Navigation of Ireland 8pp; 1778 Anno Decimo Octavo Cap LVIII - to the preventing the Clandestine Conveyance of Sugar and Paneles from the British Colonies and Plantations in America 6pp; 1779 Anno Decimo Nono Cap XLI - granting a Drawback of Duties upon all foreign Wines exported from Great Britain to any British Colony in America or the East Indies 4pp; 1779 Anno Decimo Nono Cap LXXI - An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament 23pp; 1801 Anno Quadragesimo Primo Cap LXXVII - the Importation of certain Fish from Newfoundland and the Coast of Labrador 3pp; 1801 Anno Quadragesimo Primo Cap XCVII - An Act to continue several Laws relating to encouraging the Fisheries carried on at Newfoundland at the Greenland Seas and Davis Streights to the making of the Port of Saint John's in the Island of Antigua a free Port and to permitting the Importation of Goods from Countries in America belonging to any Foreign European Sovereign or State 4pp; 1806 Anno Quadragesimo Sexto Cap XVII - to permit the Exportation to the United Kingdom of Wool from the British Plantations in America 2pp; 1807 Anno Quadragesimo Septimo Cap XXXVIII - the Importation of certain enumerated Articles eg Scantling Planks Squared Timber Horses Neat Cattle Gypsum Grind Stones etc into the British Colonies on the Continent of North America 2pp; 1808 Anno Quadragesimo Octavo Cap XXI - to empower Commissioners appointed for distributing the Money paid by the United States of America 2pp; 1809 Anno Quadragesimo Nono Cap XLVII - to permit certain Articles the Growth Production or Manufacture of Europe to be laden and shipped on board Ships arriving with British North American Produce 3pp; 1810 Anno Quinquagesimo Cap XII - for permitting the Importation of Masts Yards Bowsprits and Timber for Naval Purposes 2pp; 1810 Anno Quinquagesimo Cap XIII - for permitting the Exportation of Salt from the Port of Nassau the Port of Exuma and the Port of Crooked Island in the Bahama Islands Sugar and Coffee 2pp; 1811 Anno Quinquagesimo Primo Cap XCVII - to regulate the Trade between Places in Europe South of Cape Finisterre and certain Ports in the British Colonies in North America 3pp; 1812 Anno Quadragesimo Secundo Cap LV - to Prevent Foreign Goods of Certain Descriptions being brought from the United States of America into Canada; and to allow a greater Quantity of Worsted Yarn to be exported from Great Britain to Canada 2pp. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1767 George Eyre and Andrew Strahan hardcover
1829Best.-Nr. elala1084np: 1829. 1829. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. 3index 4-255. modern calf covers bit discoloured. The majority of the grievances were directed at the authoritarian regime of Lord Dalhousie as governor of Lower Canada and Governor-in-Chief of British North America 1820-28 when he was recalled. Included are grievances relating to Dalhousies establishment of a new Quebec Gazette his censure of Sir Francis Burton for having sanctioned a Bill of Supply his dismissal of militia officers and exercise of intimidation during elections his dismissal of justices of the peace and the unfair manner of jury selection. "Among other things the Montreal petitioners complained that contrary to the laws of England juries both grand and petty and both King's Bench and Quarter Sessions were being drawn exclusively from the town of Montreal rather than from the district at large. The committee chaired by Denis-Benjamin Viger concluded that this practice of jurors being "selected or as it were packed - summoned exclusively from among the inhabitants of a particular place or from a particular class - cannot be more compatible with liberty than it is with the rules of impartial justice. It is repugnant to every principle of our government and can only tend to the overthrow of the constitution of the country .The executive's control over the process of selecting juries became for the Patriotes yet another symbol of despotism and of the attempted exclusion of canadiens from their democratic rights given that they predominated in the countryside; a number of highly political jury trials for libel and sedition did nothing to help matters. The controversy only began to die down from 1830 when James Kempt ordered that jurors be drawn from the body of the district; the denouement came in 1832 when the legislature adopted a law regulating the qualification and selection of jurors " Donald Fyson Grand Juries Political Power And Citizenship In Quebec And Lower Canada 1764-1830 a paper for the 77th annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association Ottawa May 1998TPL 1549. Sabin 10568. cfCasey I 1279. Not in Dionne Gagnon or Lande. np: 1829. unknown
1774Best.-Nr. 1353592London: J. Almon 1774. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 2 63 pages 4. In Very Good minus condition. Pamphlet later bound in light blue boards. Boards show light plus age-toning to edges and spine with black lettering on spine. Text block shows moderate age-toning to edges light plus age-toning throughout interiorly and a 1-in. closed tear to title page along fore-edge. Four pages of publisher's ads appear at back. Lacking half-title page. RW Consignment. Shelved in Case 1. Authorship of this tract has been variously attributed to Arthur Lee William Pitt the Elder and Benjamin Franklin. While Benjamin Franklin submitted the text to J. Almon for publication it is generally accepted that Lee was the author. Arthur Lee was a pro-American Member of Parliament and writes here in defense of colonial rights and liberties. References: Sabin 39697; Adams 74-44a. 1353592. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. J. Almon hardcover
1774Best.-Nr. 1353592London: J. Almon 1774. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 2 63 pages 4. In Very Good minus condition. Pamphlet later bound in light blue boards. Boards show light plus age-toning to edges and spine with black lettering on spine. Text block shows moderate age-toning to edges light plus age-toning throughout interiorly and a 1-in. closed tear to title page along fore-edge. Four pages of publisher's ads appear at back. Lacking half-title page. RW Consignment. Shelved in Case 1. Authorship of this tract has been variously attributed to Arthur Lee William Pitt the Elder and Benjamin Franklin. While Benjamin Franklin submitted the text to J. Almon for publication it is generally accepted that Lee was the author. Arthur Lee was a pro-American Member of Parliament and writes here in defense of colonial rights and liberties. References: Sabin 39697; Adams 74-44a. 1353592. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. J. Almon hardcover books
1900Best.-Nr. K3ME5C11OCGBLondon: Harrison and sons 1900. Bound as sewn. Folio. With a folding lithographed map with some coloured details. Diplomatic document presented to the Houses of Parliament on the trade of the Ethiopian cities Addis Ababa and Harar. It includes many letterpress tables showing imported and exported tradeware its quantities prices and origin occasionally with some other remarks. The maps shows various trade routes from the two cities to other cities towns and ports. In very good condition. Harrison and sons, unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-V-012-01497House of Commons. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear and may have sticker on cover but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. House of Commons unknown
1865Vol. sette in-folio cm. 45,5 di pp. da 1 a 5024; da 1 a 2288; da 3665 a 4638. legature in mezza tela con tass. ai dorsi salvo due in mezza pergamena con mancanza al dorso. Vecchi timbri e tracce d'uso. Tutti
Best.-Nr. Z1-C-028-02019Stationery Office Books TSO. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Stationery Office Books (TSO) unknown
1764Best.-Nr. 100735Pamphlet format small folio disbound. Five acts lacking separate titles but complete appears to be two extra tittle pages a few tears and corner folds one act with margin tear not affecting text minor some soiling; otherwise very good. This is an interesting collection of Parliamentary Acts relating to America during the reign of George III. While most of the acts are from the colonial period there is also some Revolutionary War material. There are several acts concerning the importation of rice from South Carolina and Georgia and others that relate to importation of wheat beaver skins and tea into the colonies. Others address the quartering of troops in the colonies as well as better pay for soldiers and dealing with mutiny and desertion. Additionally several acts refer to a continuation of the right of the king to secure and detain people charged with or suspected of "high treason" and for the exchange of American prisoners brought to Great Britain. Mark Baskett; Charles Eyre and William Strahan
1764Best.-Nr. 100735Pamphlet format small folio disbound. Five acts lacking separate titles but complete appears to be two extra tittle pages a few tears and corner folds one act with margin tear not affecting text minor some soiling; otherwise very good. This is an interesting collection of Parliamentary Acts relating to America during the reign of George III. While most of the acts are from the colonial period there is also some Revolutionary War material. There are several acts concerning the importation of rice from South Carolina and Georgia and others that relate to importation of wheat beaver skins and tea into the colonies. Others address the quartering of troops in the colonies as well as better pay for soldiers and dealing with mutiny and desertion. Additionally several acts refer to a continuation of the right of the king to secure and detain people charged with or suspected of "high treason" and for the exchange of American prisoners brought to Great Britain. Mark Baskett; Charles Eyre and William Strahan books
1650Best.-Nr. 740221650. Royalist Estates "Confiscated to the Use of the Commonwealth" Broadside. Parliament. Die Martis 23 Julii 1650. Resolves of Parliament Concerning Such Delinquents as Have Not Paid in their Fines According to Compositions. London: Printed by Iohn Field Printer to the Parliament of England 1650. 13-1/4" x 8-3/4" broadside mounted and matted on 20" x 14-1/2" board text in single column below headline and woodcut Parliamentary arms with a four-line woodcut initial signed in type by Henry Scobell. Moderate toning light soiling in places light browning and wear to top-edge not affecting text or image fold line to upper right corner. $1500. Near the beginning of the first English Civil War Parliament established two committees to confiscate the estates of Royalists and process the fines owed by "delinquents" who could regain their land with a monetary fee and a promise of future loyalty to the Parliamentarian cause. The fines were then used to fund the Parliamentarian army. This order threatens total confiscation of land within eighty miles of London if the delinquents did not pay. Our broadside is one of three similar variants with the same date; the present variant lists John Field as the sole printer. OCLC Library Hub and the ESTC locate 3 copies worldwide British Library Trinity College Dublin Yale University. English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC R225774. unknown
1650Best.-Nr. 740221650. Royalist Estates "Confiscated to the Use of the Commonwealth" Broadside. Parliament. Die Martis 23 Julii 1650. Resolves of Parliament Concerning Such Delinquents as Have Not Paid in their Fines According to Compositions. London: Printed by Iohn Field Printer to the Parliament of England 1650. 13-1/4" x 8-3/4" broadside mounted and matted on 20" x 14-1/2" board text in single column below headline and woodcut Parliamentary arms with a four-line woodcut initial signed in type by Henry Scobell. Moderate toning light soiling in places light browning and wear to top-edge not affecting text or image fold line to upper right corner. $1500. Near the beginning of the first English Civil War Parliament established two committees to confiscate the estates of Royalists and process the fines owed by "delinquents" who could regain their land with a monetary fee and a promise of future loyalty to the Parliamentarian cause. The fines were then used to fund the Parliamentarian army. This order threatens total confiscation of land within eighty miles of London if the delinquents did not pay. Our broadside is one of three similar variants with the same date; the present variant lists John Field as the sole printer. OCLC Library Hub and the ESTC locate 3 copies worldwide British Library Trinity College Dublin Yale University. English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC R225774. unknown books
1672Best.-Nr. YRG-184Fort volume in-folio tome 2 seul, demi cuir, dos lisse orné, état d'usage, intérieur frais, quelques mouillures claires ne nuisant pas à la lecture, pieds de coiffe harassée, reliure postérieure (voir photos). Malgré cela belle ensemble général. Histoire générale du Dauphiné 780 pages, tables des matières Histoire généalogique de la maison de Sassenage branche ancienne, table des alliances de la maison de sassenage, table des alliances de la maison de Beranger Histoire généalogique de la maison de Sassenage : 86 pages.
1790Best.-Nr. 2889Imprimerie Royale, 1790 ; in-8, broché, imprimé en rouge.
1762Best.-Nr. 48611S.l.: s.n. 1762 y Roma: L'Imprimerie de la Chambre Apostolique 1773 la Bula de Clemente XIV.- Las cinco partes con paginación independiente 199 p.; 16 p.; 148 p.; 19 p.; 26 p.; 8º menor 17 x 10 cm; Clara impresión sobre papel verjurado; Texto en francés; Enc. de la época en Holandesa Pergamino cortes pintados en color granate.- MUY RARO. La encuadernación algo rozada en los ángulos externos. En la portada una firma manuscrita de la época que no toca texto. Dicho esto la obra se encuentra muy buen estado. Libro de alta significación documental e histórica que constituye un testimonio material clave sobre la persecución judicial parlamentaria y finalmente eclesiástica contra los jesuitas. La bula del Papa Clemente XIV es Primera Edición. HISTORIA Y POLÃTICA DE LOS SIGLOS XVI-XXI E HISTORIAS GENERALES EXTRANJERAS Livre en français Sin Editorial hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0121281st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 42 Volumes Of The Tasmanian Statutes From 1960 - 1996 With 3 Volumes 1974 - 1976 Missing . Volumes 1960 - 1973 Are Bound In Cloth All In Very Good Order . Volumes 1977 - 1980 Are Leather Bound Volumes 1981 - 1984 Are Cloth Volumes 1985 - 1996 Are Leather With The Exception Of 1988 Which Is Cloth A Number Of Volumes Are In Two Parts . The Leather On Several Volumes Has Discolored hardcover
1812Best.-Nr. 25333London: The House of Commons. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1812. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding poor. Front board detached. Spine leather worn with 75mm loss and 65mm piece of spine detached and loose. Text block very good. Ex-library General Assembly Library New Zealand. Gilt library stamps on spine and front board. Library bookplate on front endpaper with rubber stamp "Withdrawn from Parliamentary Library". Rubber stamp on title page "General Assembly Library APR 1899". ; 117 1 blank pages. Half morocco binding with front board detached and spine poor. Folio. Page dimensions: 333 x 202mm. Without original blue wrappers. Page edges sprinkled red. References: Wantrup 38 pp. 108-9 - "The first important document from the Macquarie era is a Parliamentary Paper of major significance in the early history of Australia. . . . In its 118 foolscap folio pages this report includes a transcript of the evidence given by many notable witnesses. Among them were ex-Governor Hunter ex-Governor Bligh his deposer the now plain Mr George Johnston the famous navigator Matthew Flinders the first fleet chaplain Reverend Richard Johnson and many other colonial officials."; Ferguson 543 . The House of Commons hardcover
1842Best.-Nr. 91013London: Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 1842. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good because of fragile repaired map. 2 vols. 4 folding maps 3 in Part I and one in Part II xxvi 744 637p. Contemporary 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Covers intact but rather heavily scuffed and rubbed. Bookplates removed on both front pastedowns. Contents generally sound and clean although the large folding map of the coast of West Africa in Part Volume II is fragile. That map had split apart along many of the original folds and elsewhere. While it had been carefully put back together it needs careful handling when folding or unfolding to keep nthe map intact. These volumes contain a wealth of material about British trade and administrative activities in Gambia Sierra Leone and Gold Coast the three areas of particular British interest and control in West Africa at that time -- Lagos and other pieces of what is now modern Nigeria were still outside British influence and control in 1842 and Benin hadn't yet been grabbed by Germany before passing to Great Britain after World War I. These volumes also contain quite a bit of information about British efforts to suppress and end the slave trade. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed hardcover
1842Best.-Nr. 91013London: Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 1842. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good because of fragile repaired map. 2 vols. 4 folding maps 3 in Part I and one in Part II xxvi 744 637p. Contemporary 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Covers intact but rather heavily scuffed and rubbed. Bookplates removed on both front pastedowns. Contents generally sound and clean although the large folding map of the coast of West Africa in Part Volume II is fragile. That map had split apart along many of the original folds and elsewhere. While it had been carefully put back together it needs careful handling when folding or unfolding to keep nthe map intact. These volumes contain a wealth of material about British trade and administrative activities in Gambia Sierra Leone and Gold Coast the three areas of particular British interest and control in West Africa at that time -- Lagos and other pieces of what is now modern Nigeria were still outside British influence and control in 1842 and Benin hadn't yet been grabbed by Germany before passing to Great Britain after World War I. These volumes also contain quite a bit of information about British efforts to suppress and end the slave trade. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed hardcover books
1815Best.-Nr. 28825London. Printed by R.G. Clarke. 1815 1815. Hardcover. thick8vo 21.2cm xii786xivpp. index rebound in full burgundy sheep raised bands crushed green morocco label gilt marbled endpapers fine thus very rare. cgc Worldcat cites only 1 copy at Harvard. British Museum Catalogue locates 1 copy. Not in Amicus. Not in T.P.L. Lande etc. No listings or price records located. An extensive collection of correspondence and treaties presented to the British Parliament under the titles; "Slave Trade" 46 Papers; "Genoa" 10 Papers October 1811 to March 1815; " Naples" 19 Papers January 1814 to March 1814; "Italy" 8 Papers October 1811; "War with America" 9 Papers June 1812 to November1 1813; The Person and Family of Napoleon Buonaparte" April 1814 to August 1814; and "Correspondence on Alliance against France"2 papers & Treaty copies April -May 1815. The War in America papers concern the War of 1812 and are primarily naval; with the Royal Navy on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Of particular interest are extracts of the proceedings of the court martial of Captain Barclay and others resulting from the Battle of Lake Erie September 1813. The slavery papers from 1813 to 1814 containing extracts of treaties between Britain and European countries give an overview of the gradual abolishment of the slave trade. Correspondents include the Duke of Wellington Viscount Castlereagh Henry Wellesley and Earl Bathurst. The Genoa Naples and Italy papers relate to risings against the French in 1814 with much of the correspondence by Lord Bentinek. The material on the Napoleon Wars deals with the period between The Treaty of Paris in 1814 and the Hundred Days campaign of 1815. The last correspondence is between Viscount Castlereagh and Earl of Clancarty the month before the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. An wealth of contemporary material on a critical period in British and European history. London. Printed by R.G. Clarke. [1815] hardcover
