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Best.-Nr. 560232 hand-coloured woodcuts copied from the illustrations in The Universal Magazine for October and November 1761 the first taken as the Archbishop of Canterbury places the Crown on the King's head is lettered with explanations of the crowded scene including at h 'The Dukes of Normandie and Acquitain and other great officers' the second similarly explained shows the King's Champion flanked by the Earl Marshal and Lord High Constable riding up the centre between the long tables watched by the diners and the others present in the galleries printed within a 'Greek Key' border both referring to 22nd September 1761 laid down on two separate album leaves 10" x 7¾" with other items on the versos the two prints no date circa edges worn and border trimmed in places without loss to text or image The original articles of 1761 explain the role at the Dinner of the King's Champion who challenged any one to assert that George III was not their lawful sovereign and the 'Dukes of Normandy and Aquitaine' at the Coronation. The French King had anciently a council of twelve great Peers 6 lay and 6 ecclesiastic. Long after the council ceased to function the ecclesiastics attended at Reims but the lay peerages had became vested in the crown. So the King appointed people to represent his lay peerages. Henry II liked this idea which was last used in 1761 given that in 1801 Great Britain renounced all claims to France and the use of the lilies on her coat of arms. On the versos are 1 a pleasing engraving of Bouverie Hall Chart next Sutton Valence Kent and 2 a number of cuttings including temperance verses and the monument to Captain Charles Colby of the 98th Dragoons killed by a tiger at 'Rawal Pinde' 27th March 1852. unknown
1788Best.-Nr. 97191CB[London?], 1788. 1 Blatt: 53,5 x 75,2 cm. [2 Warenabbildungen]
Best.-Nr. 0483275670.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1809Best.-Nr. 2120802Folio 4pp. with docket on fourth page "George Harrison Gent. Not stamped. Mr. Solicitor declines at present signing the Bill for this patent. S.G. Wyatt"; folded and unbound as issued in very good state of preservation. A fascinating document which seems however not after all to have ended in a grant for a patent. George Harrison claims that "he is in possession of an invention communicated to him by an ingenious individual of a new method or methods of conveying information from one apartment of a house to another by means of an apparatus which he calls a "Domestic Telegraph" which invention he conceives will be of great public utility. That the same is entirely new and has never been practised or used in this country by any other person or persons to the best of his knowledge & belief". George Harrison not only does not disclose the name of the inventor he also petitions for the patent to be in his own name. No such patent in Harrison's name is included in Woodcroft's definitive Alphabetical Index. It is possibly that Harrison was trying to be a bit too clever as the award of a patent was conditional on Harrison producing "a particular description of the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed". George III's signature here seems in some way to illustrate both his mental illness and his approaching blindness. Little more than a year after signing this document he became dangerously ill and finally accepted the need for the 1811 Regency Act. In 1809 Lord Liverpool was Home Secretary in the Duke of Portland's government.
1790Best.-Nr. AQ12371London: Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1790. 2 1303-1370 2. With a final blank leaf. Issued separately with a general title page as here and also as part of: Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnæ Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae tricesimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the eighteenth day of May Anno Domini 1784.And from thence continued by several prorogations and adjournments to the twenty-first day of January 1790; being the seventh session of the sixteenth Parliament of Great Britain. Later stitching through original stab-holes. A trifle dusty. A rare survival in original state of a Georgian act 'for paving cleansing lighting watching and regulating the streets lanes ways and publick passages and places within the city of Durham'. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles Lincoln's Inn and one further in North America Kansas. ESTC N58976. Folio. Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown
1812Best.-Nr. AQ24031London: s.n. 1812. 27pp 1. Docket title to verso of final leaf. Stitched as issued. A trifle browned and dusty. A Georgian act for the appropriation and privatisation of common land in the parish of Toft Cambridgeshire for agricultural purposes. . First edition. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1818Best.-Nr. 65380Eyre & Strahan London 1818. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 729-744pp. String-bound. Previous owner's signature in ink. Slightly chipped at margins. Creasing to page corners. Covers marked. Original Act of Parliament. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Britain/UK; 19th century; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 65380. . Eyre & Strahan paperback
1808Best.-Nr. 6591London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1808. Unbound. Good. 1 leaf. Extracted from Acts of Parliament 48th George III chapter 23. Trade protections for Great Britain from competitive goods made in Canada and the Caribbean. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown books
1848Best.-Nr. AQ21537Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1848. 32pp. Stitched as issued. Central horizontal fold lightly dust-soiled inked ownership inscription of Sir John Orde to head of title page. A Georgian Act issued to consolidate and amend several late eighteenth- early nineteenth-century acts relating to the establishment maintenance and regulation of yeomanry and volunteer corps and reissued in the early Victorian years. Many such civilian forces had been raised during the French Revolutionary Wars though they had been disbanded following the conclusion of the conflict. Under the provision of the Volunteer Act of 1804 fresh corps were raised for local particularly coastal defence in response to the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars. COPAC records a single copy of this reprint National Museums Scotland OCLC adds no further. The original 1804 printing is apparently unrecorded. . 8vo. [William Blackwood and Sons] unknown
1793Best.-Nr. AQ21534London: Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1793. 2 2871-2942pp 2. Uncut stitched as issued. Lightly marked and spotted some occasional chipping to margins inked ownership inscription to title page. A rare survival of a Georgian Act for making and maintaining a navigable canal from Loch Gilp to Loch Crinan in the Shire of Argyll 8th May 1793. ESTC records a single copy Lincoln's Inn. ESTC N59414. Folio. Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
1797Best.-Nr. 5392London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1797. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. pp 5-150 Act of Parliament and pp 3-85 Rules and Articles produced in smaller format in original marbled wrappers. In very good condition rubbed wrappers and thumbed corners but with crisp clean pages a little foxing to edges and extremities. Ownership inscription to title page of Townsend Ince of Chrisleton Hall. The second section includes rules for British Troops raised in America and the East Indies. Very Good 1797 George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
1786Best.-Nr. 5393London: C Eyre and the Executors of W Strahan 1786. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. pp 58 index Act of Parliament produced in smaller format in original marbled wrappers. In very good condition rubbed wrappers thumbed corner and browned edges but with crisp clean pages. Very Good 1786 C Eyre and the Executors of W Strahan unknown
1770Best.-Nr. 735651770. Includes the First Exception to the Currency Acts Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Decimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster the Tenth Day of May Anno Domini 1768 In the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And From Thence Continued By Several Prorogations To the Ninth Day of January 1770. Being the Third Session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1770. 204 217-220 209-668 677-744 753-874 20 pp. Pp. 205-208 3F lacking pp. 217-220 3I repeated due to binder error. Text of Acts XXXIV and XLIV lacking along with general title page to Act X. Same general title page preceding each act Acts LIII-XCIV not printed but listed in table. Folio 12-1/4" x 7-1/2". Contemporary marbled boards rebacked in period-style calf with raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine edges rouged. Light rubbing to boards more moderate rubbing and light wear to board edges corners bumped hinges cracked. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places. $1000. A collection of 51 acts passed in the second session of the twelfth Parliament of Great Britain with tables listing the titles of the public acts and summaries of 96 private acts. Some of the more interesting acts include several acts regulating trade in America and an act allowing New York to pass an act "for the creating and issuing upon Loan Paper Bills of Credit to a certain Amount; and to make the same a Legal Tender." The right to issue paper money had been heavily restricted by the Currency Acts of 1751 and 1764 but after New York's government argued that these acts hindered full compliance with the Quartering Act Parliament relented and allowed New York to issue paper currency for public but not private debts. This concession was extended to the other colonies in 1773. Acts XXXIV dealing with the attempts to develop a successful marine chronometer and XLIV regulating mercantile fraud and hackney coaches are not present in our volume. English Short-Title Catalogue N57155. unknown
1761Best.-Nr. 729481761. Public and Private Acts of Parliament 1761-1762 Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Secundo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster The Ninth Day of May Anno Dom. 1761 In the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And from thence Continued by Several Prorogations to the Third Day of November Following; Being the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1761 i.e. 1762. 670 681-786 805-1026 16 pp. Lacking Acts XVIII and XXII and general title page of Act II. Same general title page preceding each act Acts VII-XXXVII dated 1762. Bound With An Abstract of the Publick Acts Passed in the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain And in the Second Year of the Reign of Our Most Gracious Sovereign Lord King George the Third. London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1762. 139 1 pp. With two folding tables. Folio 12" x 7-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf gilt royal arms to boards rebacked and recornered in period style with raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine blind tooling to board edges edges rouged. Light rubbing to boards a few scuffs nicks and scratches moderate rubbing and light wear to board edges corners bumped hinges cracked single horizontal crease to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior light foxing in a few places. An appealing copy. $650. A collection of 86 acts passed in the first session of the tenth Parliament of Great Britain with tables listing the titles of the public acts including acts XXIX-LXXXVII which were not printed and summaries of 69 private acts. Some of the more interesting acts include several acts to do with commercial taxes and "An Act for Naturalizing Such Foreign Protestants as have Served or Shall Serve in His Majesty's Royal American Regiment Or as Engineers in America." Appended is the separately-issued volume of abstracts. Acts XVIII the Longitude Act of 1762 and XXII are lacking in full but present in the abstract volume; the first extended an act establishing a prize for the invention of a successful marine chronometer and th. unknown
1773Best.-Nr. 1912270013London : Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2 volumes bound as one. Bound in full contemporary leather. Joints cracked. 131 17; 104 14 pages ; 19 cm. Public General Acts. 1772-1773. 13 Geo. III.c.78. Turnpike Road Act 13 Geo. III Cap. lxxxiv An act to explain amend and reduce into one act of Parliament the general laws now in being for regulating the Turnpike Roads in that part of Great Britain called England and for other purposes. London : Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty hardcover
1767Best.-Nr. 751631767. London: Printed by Mark & Robert Baskett 1767. London: Printed by Mark & Robert Baskett 1767. Regulation in Response to the "Turnpike Boom" Highways. Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Septimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster The Nineteenth Day of May Anno Domini 1761 In the First Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God Of Great Britain France And Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And from thence Continued by Several Prorogations to the Eleventh Day of November 1766 Being the Sixth Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Mark Baskett and by the assigns of Robert Baskett 1767. ii 5-125 1 62 pp. Octavo 7" x 4-1/2". Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few very minor nicks and scratches to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front joint just starting at head corners bumped and lightly worn hinges starting early ink annotation to rear pastedown. Light toning negligible light foxing to a few pages internally clean. $750. Two acts of Parliament consolidating and regulating turnpike trusts in the wake of the "turnpike boom" of the late eighteenth century. Turnpike trusts established by individual acts of Parliament had the power to collect tolls that would be used for road maintenance. Before the widespread use of these trusts local parishes were responsible for raising revenue via taxation and repairing highways and often found the task difficult. The first act the Turnpike Act of 1766 established basic rules for drivers and provided for the erection of milestones to indicate the distance between towns. The second act the Highways Act 1766 expanded on provisions and standards for road repair. The volume includes a thorough 62 pp. index to both acts. The ESTC lists a 64 pp. index and an additional act from 1768. Our 62 pp. index appears complete and we have seen another copy without this additional act. As in the ESTC record our copy lacks leaf A1 which may have been blank or unissued. OCLC and the ESTC locate 2 copies of this title British Library Cardiff University. See English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC T2259. unknown
1767Best.-Nr. 751631767. London: Printed by Mark & Robert Baskett 1767. London: Printed by Mark & Robert Baskett 1767. Regulation in Response to the "Turnpike Boom" Highways. Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Septimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster The Nineteenth Day of May Anno Domini 1761 In the First Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God Of Great Britain France And Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And from thence Continued by Several Prorogations to the Eleventh Day of November 1766 Being the Sixth Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Mark Baskett and by the assigns of Robert Baskett 1767. ii 5-125 1 62 pp. Octavo 7" x 4-1/2". Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few very minor nicks and scratches to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front joint just starting at head corners bumped and lightly worn hinges starting early ink annotation to rear pastedown. Light toning negligible light foxing to a few pages internally clean. $750. Two acts of Parliament consolidating and regulating turnpike trusts in the wake of the "turnpike boom" of the late eighteenth century. Turnpike trusts established by individual acts of Parliament had the power to collect tolls that would be used for road maintenance. Before the widespread use of these trusts local parishes were responsible for raising revenue via taxation and repairing highways and often found the task difficult. The first act the Turnpike Act of 1766 established basic rules for drivers and provided for the erection of milestones to indicate the distance between towns. The second act the Highways Act 1766 expanded on provisions and standards for road repair. The volume includes a thorough 62 pp. index to both acts. The ESTC lists a 64 pp. index and an additional act from 1768. Our 62 pp. index appears complete and we have seen another copy without this additional act. As in the ESTC record our copy lacks leaf A1 which may have been blank or unissued. OCLC and the ESTC locate 2 copies of this title British Library Cardiff University. See English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC T2259. unknown books
1761Best.-Nr. 729481761. Public and Private Acts of Parliament 1761-1762 Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Secundo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster The Ninth Day of May Anno Dom. 1761 In the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And from thence Continued by Several Prorogations to the Third Day of November Following; Being the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1761 i.e. 1762. 670 681-786 805-1026 16 pp. Lacking Acts XVIII and XXII and general title page of Act II. Same general title page preceding each act Acts VII-XXXVII dated 1762. Bound With An Abstract of the Publick Acts Passed in the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain And in the Second Year of the Reign of Our Most Gracious Sovereign Lord King George the Third. London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1762. 139 1 pp. With two folding tables. Folio 12" x 7-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf gilt royal arms to boards rebacked and recornered in period style with raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine blind tooling to board edges edges rouged. Light rubbing to boards a few scuffs nicks and scratches moderate rubbing and light wear to board edges corners bumped hinges cracked single horizontal crease to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior light foxing in a few places. An appealing copy. $650. A collection of 86 acts passed in the first session of the tenth Parliament of Great Britain with tables listing the titles of the public acts including acts XXIX-LXXXVII which were not printed and summaries of 69 private acts. Some of the more interesting acts include several acts to do with commercial taxes and "An Act for Naturalizing Such Foreign Protestants as have Served or Shall Serve in His Majesty's Royal American Regiment Or as Engineers in America." Appended is the separately-issued volume of abstracts. Acts XVIII the Longitude Act of 1762 and XXII are lacking in full but present in the abstract volume; the first extended an act establishing a prize for the invention of a successful marine chronometer and th. unknown books
1770Best.-Nr. 735651770. Includes the First Exception to the Currency Acts Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Decimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster the Tenth Day of May Anno Domini 1768 In the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And From Thence Continued By Several Prorogations To the Ninth Day of January 1770. Being the Third Session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1770. 204 217-220 209-668 677-744 753-874 20 pp. Pp. 205-208 3F lacking pp. 217-220 3I repeated due to binder error. Text of Acts XXXIV and XLIV lacking along with general title page to Act X. Same general title page preceding each act Acts LIII-XCIV not printed but listed in table. Folio 12-1/4" x 7-1/2". Contemporary marbled boards rebacked in period-style calf with raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine edges rouged. Light rubbing to boards more moderate rubbing and light wear to board edges corners bumped hinges cracked. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places. $1000. A collection of 51 acts passed in the second session of the twelfth Parliament of Great Britain with tables listing the titles of the public acts and summaries of 96 private acts. Some of the more interesting acts include several acts regulating trade in America and an act allowing New York to pass an act "for the creating and issuing upon Loan Paper Bills of Credit to a certain Amount; and to make the same a Legal Tender." The right to issue paper money had been heavily restricted by the Currency Acts of 1751 and 1764 but after New York's government argued that these acts hindered full compliance with the Quartering Act Parliament relented and allowed New York to issue paper currency for public but not private debts. This concession was extended to the other colonies in 1773. Acts XXXIV dealing with the attempts to develop a successful marine chronometer and XLIV regulating mercantile fraud and hackney coaches are not present in our volume. English Short-Title Catalogue N57155. unknown books
1771Best.-Nr. ZB517827London: Charles Eyre & William Strahan 1771. tall quarto 46 pp. general title leaf pp. 1271-1314 complete in itself but part of a series two pieces of clear tape on extraction mark at left margin else very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London: Charles Eyre & William Strahan unknown
1779Best.-Nr. 34022London: Printed for the Editor; and sold by J. Bew 1779. First edition. Pp. iii-57. Lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Red morocco-backed green cloth spine lettered in gilt. Rubbed some light spotting. Bookplate of John Carter Brown ex-library with stamp on title else very good. First edition. Pp. iii-57. Lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. A satire. Often attributed to Richard Tickell as it imitates the tone of Tickell's "Anticipation" published the year before. Purports to contains speeches made in the Houses responding to the King's speech on the war in America and his need for more monies to pay for it. Adams "American Controversy" 79-3a; Sabin 1685 Printed for the Editor; and sold by J. Bew unknown
1779Best.-Nr. 34022London: Printed for the Editor; and sold by J. Bew 1779. First edition. Pp. iii-57. Lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Red morocco-backed green cloth spine lettered in gilt. Rubbed some light spotting. Bookplate of John Carter Brown ex-library with stamp on title else very good. First edition. Pp. iii-57. Lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. A satire. Often attributed to Richard Tickell as it imitates the tone of Tickell's "Anticipation" published the year before. Purports to contains speeches made in the Houses responding to the King's speech on the war in America and his need for more monies to pay for it. Adams "American Controversy" 79-3a; Sabin 1685 Printed for the Editor; and sold by J. Bew unknown books
1803Best.-Nr. 56968Windsor. May 12 1803. King George III Admits War with Napoleon "seems now so certain" A royal letter of profound import written entirely in the hand of King George III and signed "George R." Here the British King writes hastily to Lord Hawkesbury his Secretary of State outlining the lack of recent communications from his emissaries in Paris who were conducting peacetime negotiations with Napoleon after the failure of the Treaty of Amiens the year before. King George III mentions receiving dispatches from Lord Whitworth who was serving as the King's ambassador to France at the time; interestingly it was Whitworth to whom Napoleon threatened war if Great Britain did not evacuate Malta just a few months earlier in February 1803. Whitworth himself evacuated France the day after the present letter was written in full knowledge that peace negotiations were over. The King also relates the failure of French General Jacques Lauriston to arrive in London presumably for last-minute peace talks to prevent conflict. The King states that Lauriston's activities were likely intended to buy time for French negotiators. King George III then writes portentously beginning the second and final paragraph: "War seems now so certain that Lord Hawkesbury cannot too soon form the negotiations between this country and France into a Manifesto and state the conduct of the latter fully since the conclusion of the Peace as the cause of the steps we have been obliged to take." In other words the King is ordering his Secretary of State Lord Hawkesbury to state Great Britain's case for war with France. This is very likely the first admission by the King himself of the reality of impending war with France. Six days after the present letter was written Great Britain declared war on France sparking the long series of armed conflicts known as the Napoleonic Wars which would culminate a dozen years later at the Battle of Waterloo. Important letters signed by King George III are rarely offered in the market. Rarer still are letters composed entirely in his hand and signed by him as in the present example. Cheffin's Auctions in England sold a follow-up to the present letter also to Lord Hawkesbury and dated two days later on May 14 for £11430 in January 2019. That letter was bought for £55 in 1966. By comparison the present earlier letter was bought by H. Richard Dietrich for $92 at Parke Bernet's Fitzgerald sale on November 6 1963. It has remained part of the Dietrich American Foundation collection since then. A momentous political and diplomatic communication from the King of England to his Secretary of State resigned to the fact that war with Napoleon is at hand. 1p. on an 8¾ x 6¾-inch sheet. Left margin reinforced with thicker paper old folds. Mostly minor losses along left margin just touching first letters of several words. Very good. unknown
Best.-Nr. 19217Queens House 14 January 1781 52 minutes past 5 P.M.. 2 lines on 1 page 9 x 7 inches in very good condition with an integral blank leaf. King George III reigned 1760-1820. Sir Stanier Porter diplomat and courtier. Frederick North 1732-92 known as Lord North was Prime Minister from 1770-1782 and was largely responsible for the measures which led to the loss of America. unknown
1785Best.-Nr. 003743original letter. WILLIAM V PRINCE OF ORANGE 1748-1806 Stadtholder of the United Provinces. Autograph letter signed in French to GEORGE III King of Great Britain recommending Count Michal Kazimierz Oginski 1730-1800 Grand Hetman of Lithuania. 18 December 1785. Single bifolium written on the first and second pages with integral address panel endorsed "Prince d'Orange to the King" and contemporary docketing. Signed in the formal court style "De Votre Majesté le très humble et très obéissant serviteur G. Pr. d'Orange." Old folds light browning small repair at one fold; otherwise sound. Very good. English translation of the letter: "Sire Count Oginski Grand General of Lithuania who has spent several years in this country and who intends to depart for England in the month of June has had the honour of presenting himself to Your Majesty and most humbly to beg that Your Majesty will be pleased to grant him the continuation of your goodwill and assistance in the plans which he may have the honour to submit to you. I cannot refrain from expressing the profound respect with which I am Of Your Majesty The very humble and very obedient servant W. Prince of Orange. 18 December 1785." A formal letter of introduction from William V to George III on behalf of Count Michal Kazimierz Oginski Grand Hetman of Lithuania commending him to the King's continued favour and assistance as he prepared to travel to England. Oginski was one of the senior military and political figures of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. A former leader of the Bar Confederation and a persistent opponent of Russian dominance he had been defeated by Russian forces in the early 1770s forced into exile and thereafter remained a politically sensitive figure in eastern European affairs. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1785. original letter paperback
