1711rif. 12255This Act of Parliament made it illegal to harvest trees that were "fit for masts not being the property of any private person" in many of the North American colonies. The fine for felling such a mast-worthy tree was one hundred pounds sterling for each offense. In addition the Act instructed the Surveyor General of Her Majesties Woods "to mark with the broad arrow all such trees as now are or hereafter shall be fit and proper to be taken for the use of her Majesties Royal Navy and to keep a register of the same." An early act asserting Mother England's authority over natural resources in the colonies. ICN 7519.1. Printed by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceased...
rif. 30755Despatch from the Right Honorable Lord Glenelg to His Excellency Sir George Gipps stating that the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury do not disapprove of the increase of the Police Establishment at Port Macquarie but suggest the apportionment of the expence sic between the Colonial and Convict Funds. No.3. Downing Street 14th October 1837 . and Enclosure to the foregoing. Treasury Chambers 7th October 1837. London : s.n. 1837. Single sheet 253 x 162 mm letterpress on laid paper watermarked 'J. & J. Town / Turkey Mill / 1832' printed on both sides; very light creasing and toning else fine. This separately issued British government circular reproduces two items of correspondence pertaining to the funding of the proposed expansion of the penal establishment at Port Macquarie New South Wales in 1837. The first is a copy of the despatch from Lord Glenelg Secretary of State for War and the Colonies to Governor Gipps dated 14 October 1837 informing him that the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury deem that any expenditure required for the expansion of the establishment should not be drawn from the Convict Services purse alone but rather that the responsibility for such costs ought to be shared by the Colonial Government. The reasoning behind this stance is elucidated in the second item of correspondence a copy of the communication sent to Lord Glenelg by A. Y. Spearman on behalf of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury dated 7 October 1837. Spearman writes: '. my Lords are not disposed to object to the arrangements for the increase of the Police Establishment at Port Macquarie reported in Depatch from the Governor of New South Wales of 1st November 1836 so far as regards the number or rates of pay of the persons employed; but as he has averted to the great influx of free Settlers to the fertile country in the neighbourhood of that Penal Station as forming one of the grounds for the increase it appears to my Lords that the additional expense should not fall entirely on the funds applicable to Convict Services but that a large proportion if not the whole of it should be defrayed by the Colony.' The circular was published in The Sydney Herald 15 August 1838. Trove locates no copies. unknown
1727rif. AQ22496London: 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
1727rif. AQ25475London: s.n. 1727. Single bifolium. 3pp 1. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Shave at head a trifle creased leaves separating at gutter. A rare survival of an early example of Parliamentary lobbying literature opposing a bill read 9th March 1727 that would see the chapel of St. John Clerkenwell Middlesex become a parish church. ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles BL and Senate House and three further in North America Harvard Huntington and Yale. ESTC T12570. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1720rif. AQ25474London: s.n. 1720. Single bifolium. 3pp 1. Edges uncut. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Stab-stitch holes to gutter margin small burn-holes to text without loss of sense. A rare survival of a Georgian bill Private Acts 6 Geo.I.c.14 relating to the petition of Elizabeth Gomeldon enabling her to present her claim before the Commissioners and Trustees for the forfeited Estates to regain control of property that was felt had been unduly bequeathed to Thomas Stanley 1684-1749 a distant relative of William Stanley d.1495 an ally of pretender Perkin Warbeck and thus attainted by High Treason. ESTC records copies at three locations in the British Isles BL NA and NLS and one further location in North America Huntington. ESTC T21749. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1799rif. AQ24867London: s.n. 1799. 12pp. Docket title to verso of final leaf. Stitched as issued. Three early horizontal folds. A trifle creased and browned. A rare survival of a Georgian bill Private Acts 19 Geo.II.c.68 amending previous legislation regarding the appropriation and privatisation of common land in the town of Mildenhall Wiltshire for agricultural purposes. ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles BL and Cambridge and none elsewhere. ESTC T76912. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1727rif. AQ22495London: 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
1723rif. AQ23050London: s.n. 1723. 3pp 1. Stab-stitch holes and remains of binding to gutter. Docket title printed to verso. Separated into two leaves along fold. A trifle creased. A rare survival of an early eighteenth-century parliamentary act for regulating the sale of footwear and related manufacturing materials by journeyman cobblers. Two editions were published concurrently one printed by John Basket the other as here without an imprint. Both are scarce this edition in particular; ESTC records just a single copy Guildhall. ESTC N56275. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1812rif. 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
rif. 34739Drop-head title with coat of arms at head of text. London : Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1784. Foolscap folio 320 x 200 mm disbound pp 907-919 1 blank 1 colophon 1 blank; first leaf with toning to bottom margin else a fine copy. The Transportation etc. Act 1784 24 Geo. 3 c. 56 was an important piece of legislation fundamental to the establishment of a penal colony in New South Wales and subsequently Van Diemen's Land governed by New South Wales 1803-1825. 'The outbreak of the American Revolutionary War 1775-1783 halted transportation to America. Parliament claimed that ""the transportation of convicts to his Majesty's colonies and plantations in America . is found to be attended with various inconveniences particularly by depriving this kingdom of many subjects whose labour might be useful to the community and who by proper care and correction might be reclaimed from their evil course""; they then passed ""An act to authorize . the punishment by hard labour of offenders who for certain crimes are or shall become liable to be transported to any of his Majesty's colonies and plantations."" For the ensuing decade men were instead sentenced to hard labour and women were imprisoned. Finding alternative locations to send convicts was not easy and the act was extended twice by the Criminal Law Act 1778 18 Geo. 3 c. 62 and the Criminal Law Act 1779 19 Geo. 3 c. 54. This resulted in a 1779 inquiry by a Parliamentary Committee on the entire subject of transportation and punishment; initially the Penitentiary Act was passed introducing a policy of state prisons as a measure to reform the system of overcrowded prison hulks that had developed but no prisons were ever built as a result of the act. The Transportation etc. Act 1784 24 Geo. 3 c. 56 and the Transportation etc. Act 1785 25 Geo. 3 c. 46 also resulted to help alleviate overcrowding. Both acts empowered the Crown to appoint certain places within his dominions or outside them as the destination for transported criminals; the acts would move convicts around the country as needed for labour or where they could be utilized and accommodated. The overcrowding situation and the resumption of transportation would be initially resolved by Orders in Council on 6 December 1786 by the decision to establish a penal colony in New South Wales on land previously claimed for Britain in 1770 but as yet not settled by Britain or any other European power. The British policy toward Australia specifically for use as a penal colony within their overall plans to populate and colonise the continent would differentiate it from America where the use of convicts was only a minor adjunct to its overall policy.' Wikipedia unknown
1795rif. 1402166London 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
rif. 206729Troyes, Chez Audré, impr. du département., in-8, 32 pp., en feuilles. Brochure défraîchie.
1758rif. 23668Amsterdam 1758 in-12 broché 1 fascicule, broché in-douze (paperback in-12) (16,4 x 10 cm), toutes tranches lisses rouges, sans illustrations (no illustration), 23 pages, [(S. l.), 1758],
1755rif. 23670Amsterdam 1755 in-12 broché 1 fascicule, broché in-douze (paperback in-12) (16,4 x 10 cm), toutes tranches lisses rouges, sans illustrations (no illustration) excepté une marque royale gravée sur bois en noir en bas du titre, 128 pages, [[S.l.] : [s.n.], 1755],
1760rif. 23665Amsterdam 1760 in-12 broché 1 fascicule, broché in-douze (paperback in-12) (16,4 x 10 cm), toutes tranches lisses rouges, sans illustrations (no illustration), [2]-21 pages, [S.l., 1760],
1758rif. 23666Amsterdam 1758 in-12 broché 1 fascicule, broché in-douze (paperback in-12) (16,4 x 10 cm), toutes tranches lisses rouges, sans illustrations (no illustration), 53 pages, [S.l., 1758],
rif. 107579A Paris, chez Grégoire, libraire, rue du Coq-St-Honoré, n° 135, et chez Touvenin, libraire, quai des Augustins, n°44, An XI de la République (1803), 1 volume in-8 de 205x130x5 mm environ, 1f.blanc, iv-130 pages, 2ff.blancs, demi-basane vert foncé, titres dorés sur dos lisse. Cuir décoloré et frotté avec début de fente sur les mors, coins émoussés, mors interne fendu mais structure solide, manque de papier dans la marge d'une page, notes manuscrites anciennes sur la première garde, rares petites rousseurs et légers défauts de marge.
rif. 202298S.l., 1789 in-8, 48 pp., broché. Une tache d'encre en marge des premières pages. Rousseurs.
rif. 203351S.l., 1789 in-8, 14 pp., dérelié. brochure sur beau papier.
rif. 205795S.l.n.d. (1789) in-8, 8 pp., cousu.
rif. 204784Paris, Baudouin, An II in-8, 31 pp., broché sous couverture d'attente de couleur rouge.
rif. 204813S.l., (1790) in-12, 6 pp., dérelié.
rif. 21603ANGERS 1489 un document, de 8 lignes, manuscrit à l'encre brune d'une page sur velin parcheminé, format 24 centimètres de large par 12,5 centimètres de haut, Papier concernant ISABEAU DE HUSSON, DAME DE MATHEFELON (MATHEFLON - 49 Seiches-sur-le-Loir) ET DE DURTAL ET SON FILS FRANCOIS DE LA JAILLE, SEIGNEUR DE MATHEFLON, LE 6 NOVEMBRE 1489 (il epousa en 1489 anne de bourré , dame de Corzé, fille de jean seigneur du plessis-bourré, ministre de Louis XI, avec en dot Grez et Marans ), le nom de jacques de Beauvau conseiller du Roy est cité... Signature manuscrite de GUILLAUME DE CERISAY, greffier civil du parlement de Paris, ancien gouverneur de l'Anjou,
1754rif. LV2072London:: Printed by Thomas Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1754. 1754. Folio. pp. 2 227-230. Self-wraps. Title-page: Anno Regni Georgeii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Vicesimo Septimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the Tenth Day of November Anno Dom. 1747 . . . Defender of the Faith &c. Relating to Duty taxes applied to the importation of all wines vinegar cider beer as well as all brandy wines 'strong waters' and the like coming to London or any other "ports creeks or places" in the kingdom of England. Full title: "An Act to continue the Duties for Encouragement of the Coinage of Money; and for removing Doubts concerning the Continuance of the Duty of Twenty Shillings for every Ton of Brandy Wines and Strong Waters imported." Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1754. paperback books
1754rif. LV2072London:: Printed by Thomas Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1754. 1754. Folio. pp. 2 227-230. Self-wraps. Title-page: Anno Regni Georgeii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Vicesimo Septimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the Tenth Day of November Anno Dom. 1747 . . . Defender of the Faith &c. Relating to Duty taxes applied to the importation of all wines vinegar cider beer as well as all brandy wines 'strong waters' and the like coming to London or any other "ports creeks or places" in the kingdom of England. Full title: "An Act to continue the Duties for Encouragement of the Coinage of Money; and for removing Doubts concerning the Continuance of the Duty of Twenty Shillings for every Ton of Brandy Wines and Strong Waters imported." Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1754. paperback
