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1913réf. 16729Good HCs no DJs. 2 volume set. Green-brown buckram cloth over boards gilt stamped titles on spines. Covers are scuffed with uneven fading and some spotty stains; some rubbing at spine ends and fore corners light fraying; both volumes tightly bound; interiors are clean with slight general age darkening; all leaves are supple not brittle; cover leaf of final issue has short closed tear at mid-cover. Issues run from Vol 1 No 1 April 30 1910 through Vol 3 No 37 January 11 1913 presumably a complete run. Liberal-reformist weekly newspaper ran 1910-1913. Initial editor was Edward H. Clement thereafter Livy S. Richard. 100 shareholders held 1 share each. Exec. Comm: Ralph Albertson William E. Butler Alexander M. Wilson Robert Treat Paine Jr Charles M. Cabot. Many unsigned articles on local state and national affairs - political and social; some signed articles including writers: Mayor John F. 'Honey Fitz' Fitzgerald JFK's grandfather and mentor Gov. Curtis Guild Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr Helen Campbell Frank Chouteau Brown Livingston Wright Everett B. Mero many others. Articles on politicians sports recreation architecture national politics railroads trusts reform movements theater socialism ranked voting planning development education and schools Henry Cabot Lodge Roosevelt law and the courts sanitation health laws much more. Fairly heavily illustrated in earlier issues less so later. Large 4to; paged by issue approx 1100 total pp. Cf OCLC #10741554. Boston: Co-operative Publishing Company hardcover
1633réf. 457London: Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill 1633. Leather Bound. Very Good. 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Folio. 2 ffep A - b 4 leaf quires B - H 6 leaf quires I 4 leaf quire. Title page cropped and relaid with loss to imprint. Marginal loss to A3 not affecting text. Griffiths 1633/2. Bound with: The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New Authorised/KJV version. London: Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill 1633. 10 327 numbered leaves OT 328-403 of 404 Apocrypha 406-507 NT. Engraved title to Bible closely cropped at fore-edge. Lower half of last leaf of preface A8 lacking. Folio 1 of OT with lower marginal loss affecting text. 163 with loss of lower quarter. Old repairs to marginal tears on a few pages. Occasional closed tear or marginal loss with no loss of text and minor soiling and old marking. Folio 108 misnumbered 118 117 as 61 148 as 184 152 as 154 216 as 215 224 as 223 225 as 226 232 as 231 233 as 237 234 as 238 235 as 246 then resuming at 236 as 240 due to the misfoliation noted in Herbert 249 as 242 302 as 281 379 as 378 392 as 372 452 as 470. The general title reflects the alteration of "1632" to "1633" noted in Herbert. NT colophon dated 1632. Herbert 466. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed by R. Badger for the Company of Stationers 1632. Title page 1 - 114 numbered pages 2 rfep. 35 and 36 misnumbered. ESTCS122383. All edges rouged. Marbled endpapers. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Thomas Whitmore and 1 ffep with 18th Century Whitmore family records. Bound in later Georgian full paneled reverse calf. Spine with six raised bands and red morocco spine label with gilt "Holy Bible" and border. Chipping to head and tail of spine and hinges starting. Rounding to corners with minimal loss. An excellent copy of the 1552 English BCP and KJV Bible. Normally found in quarto this much scarcer folio edition in a Georgian binding. Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill unknown
réf. 110370London Fores 1840. . Hand-coloured aquatint panorama heightened with gum arabic c. 10.5 x 626 cm. on conjoined sheets and folding concertina-style split into 2 parts with first half attached to front board and second part to rear one fold reinforced some light soiling; folding into modern cloth folder preserving original upper cover titled and decorated in gilt and with metal clasp with publisher's original paper label to front pastedown upper cover rubbed and a little stained lacking lower clasp Fine panorama of Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1840 at the Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace resplendent with the pomp and ceremony one might expect from the first marriage of a reigning English Queen since Queen Mary in 1554. Queen Victoria was just 21 at the time and her husband a few months younger. They were married for 21 years during which time they had 9 children. Abbey Life 546; Bobins 1304 this copy. London, Fores, 1840. hardcover
réf. 53659London Printed for J.C. 1645. TITLE CONTINUED: Who hath brought in 4. of the Kings collonels to the Parliament; with the whole proceedings of Rupert's perambulation from the King at Newark and his return to Woodstock with 400. Horse. And how cruelly they used Captain Pickering during the treatie; who by the help of Collonel Willis Collonel Honywood Collonel Fisher and Collonel Roulston is now returned safe to the Parliament and hath brought them in from the King. With Rupert's letter to the King about a bloody massacre. Die Saturn. Decemb. 13. 1645. Appointed to be printed and is published according to order. CIVIL WAR PAMPHLET 1645 FIRST EDITION small 4to approximately 175 x 130 mm 7 x 5 inches pages: 1-8 ornamental title page modern half morocco over cloth sides by Bayntun of Bath gilt title and date to spine new cream endpapers speckled edges padded out with blank paper gilt lettered red leather book label of Austin Smith to top of front pastedown contemporary old ink marginalia to fore margin of last page and a pointing hand in opposite margin. A very good crisp pamphlet. George Thomason Catalogue of the Pamphlets Books Relating to the Civil War 1640-1661 Volume 1 page 403 Oct. No. E 311. 27; ESTC R200645 lists 6 copies; Wing Short-Title Catalogue Volume 1 page 162 No.3294. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. Postage at cost and all parcels sent fully tracked and fully insured. London, Printed for J.C., 1645. hardcover
1750réf. 0009001London England Britain UK. Good. 1750. Vellum. On offer is an exemplary and rare Latin copy of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion the defining statements of doctrines and practices of the Church of England and one of the most important religious documents of history. While the Articles themselves were formulated in the mid-1500s this particular book dates back to c.1700. The Articles were issued in both Latin and English. The entirety of this book is written in Latin. There is a vellum cover still fully intact though there are small tears at the ends and discoloration due to age. Written on the front cover and continued on the back are a table of contents for all 39 articles. They begin with I. De Fide in sacrosanctam Trinitatem. and ending with XXIX. De Christiani Juramento. The writing is still extremely clear. Smudging or discoloration of the text throughout the entire book is non-existent. The book is roughly 160 pages long. It has been sewed together using a 3-hole pamphlet stitching. There are also some anomalies throughout. Many pages contain tiny pieces of paper sewn in that have extra writing on them. One of them reads Christ a true sacrifice vide Eph: 20 which translates to Christs sacrifice see: Ephesians: 20. Another reads vide Art: XXI. Prop: V. These little notes seem to be addendums and cross-references that the owner most probably put in himself. While most pages are fully filled with text a few pages are mostly blank with some writing on the top De sexta propositione and a blank space under which the owner meant to continue writing but did not. History: When Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church and was excommunicated in 1538 he formed a new Church of England which would be headed by the monarch himself rather than the pope. The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion were initiated by the Convocation of 1563 under the direction of Matthew Parker the Archbishop of Canterbury. The articles pulled back from some of the more extreme Calvinist thinking and created the peculiar English reformed doctrine. Adherence to the Articles was made a legal requirement by the English Parliament in 1571 and incorporated into the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. Although not the end of the struggle between Catholic and Protestant monarchs and citizens the book helped to standardize the English language and was to have a lasting effect on religion in the United Kingdom and elsewhere through its wide use. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES OF RELIGION 39 ARTICLES XXXIX ARTICLES ANGLICAN CHURCH CHURCH OF ENGLAND LATIN BOOK HENRY VIII THOMAS CRANMER EXCOMMUNICATION NON VERNACULAR RELIGION RELIGIOUS DOCUMENT PROTESTANT REFORMATION UNITED . hardcover
1658réf. ST16442s.l.: s.n. Printed Anno Domini 1658. FIRST EDITION. 190 x 135 mm. 7 1/2 x 5 3/8". 3 p.l. 14 pp. complete. 20th century vellum-backed marbled boards flat spine with vertical titling. Front pastedown with bookplate of the Fox Pointe Collection. Wing P-2842B; ESTC R207754. ◆Text lightly washed and pressed but still crisp faint foxing to lower edge of title page otherwise a fine fresh copy in an unworn binding. Written by an opinionated English cleric this is an extraordinarily rare pamphlet proposing an unusual fund to support young 17th century scholars. According to DNB the scheme outlined in the present work was meant "to support the university studies of young men of promise seeking entry into the ministry." The plan "was approved by John Worthington and Anthony Tuckney and had the support also of John Arrowsmith DD Ralph Cudworth William Dillingham DD and Benjamin Whichcote. The fund raised about £900 and it appears that William Sherlock afterwards dean of St Paul's received assistance from this fund during his studies at Peterhouse Cambridge until 1660 when he graduated BA. Those entrusted with administering the fund sent Poole regular reports on students interviewed and the ratings they had received in philosophy logic and languages. The scheme was abandoned at the Restoration." Poole 1624 - 79 was the author of a number of controversialist pamphlets on subjects ranging from Unitarianism to preaching by lay persons before undertaking his major work: a synthesis of critical biblical commentaries "Synopsis criticorum aliorumque sacrae scripturae interpretum." This is one of his scarcest writings: ESTC lists seven copies two in North America while ABPC and RBH record just two copies at auction. s.n. Printed Anno Domini unknown
1967réf. List2885Sheffield United Kingdom 1967. 20 x 30 inch poster on heavy cardstock. Some staining and scuffing pinholes and some tears at edges fine contrast; overall excellent. A poster advertising Stevie Wonder at Sheffield’s Mojo Club in October 1967. Wonder would have been just seventeen at the time though he had already dropped “Little” from his stage name. The Mojo Club in working-class Sheffield was the project of brothers Peter and Geoff Stringfellow; the pair had previously worked as promoters and were preternaturally talented having booked the Beatles for April of 1962 shortly before the release of “Love Me Do”.1 Stevie Wonder would be the last live act at the Mojo as it was shut down by the city three days later on October 10. 1 Steve Walker “The King Mojo Club” 2020 https://www.kingmojostory.com. unknown
réf. 108053Rare wax Great Seal of Queen Victoria presented with a large elaborately illustrated patent granted to William Edward Newton. Housed in a custom metal case the patent measures 7 inches in diameter and depicts Queen Victoria on the Royal Throne flanked by two ladies in waiting. The seal is affixed to the patent with a red braided twine. Partially printed on vellum the patent is dated 1858 and grants William Edward Newton the rights to his invention which made "improvements in the hanging and arranging of cylindrical conical or spiral steel railroad springs for Railway carriages" with elaborate engraved royal and botanical headpieces and borders and the original blue paper seal. Housed in the original royal presentation box with gilt royal coat of arms. In near fine condition. hardcover
1611réf. 805London: Robert Barker 1611. Leather Bound. Very Good . 9 x 13 1/4 inches. Folio. 78 of 80 pages. Lacking title page. Griffiths 1611/2. Bound with: The Bible: That is The holy Scriptures contained in the Old & New Testament. London: Robert Barker 1612. 4 362 OT 361-444 Apocrypha 135 NT 7 tables leaves. Collates as A 4 leaves A-Lll in 6s Mmm - Ooo in 8s Ppp - Eeee in 6s Ffff 4 leaves. Engraved title page with old repair to closed tear at bottom. Full page woodcut of Garden of Eden presentwith loss to lower outer corner of image. B6 with old manuscript repair to loss at outer corner. Lacks 2Z3.4 Isaiah 17:13-24:18. Herbert 312. STC 2218. NT with separate title page dated 1611. Printed in two column Roman type. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1612. 114 6 of 8 pages. Collates as A-K in 6s L 1 of 2 leaves lacking index. STC 2539. Endpapers with 17th and 18th Century owners' inscriptions. Some marginal soiling and minor dampstains. Bound in contemporary brown calf with blindstamped arabesque centerpiece on covers brass corner pieces catches and clasps now lacking. Covers with old repairs and modern professional rebacking. A very good collection of the BCP of James I with the Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalmes in folio with brass hardware. More complete than the copy located in Hills. Robert Barker unknown
1896réf. 1812240048Boston Mass. : Published by the New-England Historic Genealogical Society 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. The Tan Book series: Massachusetts Genealogy 182 volume set. Hardcovers. A massive collection of many of the towns in Tan Book series. Census information births marriages deaths. Contains the Vital Records of the following Massachusetts towns: Acton; Alford; Amesbury; Andover vols 1-2; Arlington; Ashfield; Ashburnham; Athol; Barre; Becket; Bedford; Beverly vols 1-2; Billerica; Brimfield; Bolton; Boxford; Bradford; Brockton; Brookfield; Burlington; Canton; Carlisle; Cambridge Vols 1-2; Charlemont; Charlestown Vol 1. Newer printing; Charlton; Chatham NP 1991; Chelmsford; Chelsea NP; Chester; Cohasset; Conway; Dalton; Danvers vols 1-2; Dartmouth Vos. 1-3; Deerfield; Dennis Vols. 1-3 np; Dorchester South; Douglas; Dracut; Dudley; Dunstable; Edgartown 2 vols; Essex; Falmouth Picton Press 1993; Framingham; Gardner; Gloucester vols. 1-3; Grafton; Granville; Great Barrington; Greenfield; Groton vols. 1-2; Hamilton; Harvard; Harwich Harwick Historical Soc 1982; Haverhill vols. 1-2; Heath; Hinsdale; Holden; Holliston; Hopkinton; Hubbardston; Hull; Ipswich Vols. 1-2; Lee; Leicester; Leominster; Lexington; Lowell Vols. 1-4; Lynn Vols. 1-2; Kingston; Malden; Marblehead Vols. 1-3; Marlborough; Manchester; Medford; Methuen; Middleborough Mass. Soc. Mayflower Desc. 1986 Vols 1-2; Middleton; Middlefield Vols. 1-4; Nantucket Vols. 1 3-5; New Ashford; New Bedford Vols. 1-2; New Braintree; Newbury vols. 1-2; Newton; Northbridge; Norton; Oakham; Palmer; Pelham; Pembroke; Petersham; Phillipston; Princeton; Plympton; Reading; Richmond; Rowley; Roxbury Vols. 1-2; Royalston; Rutland; Salem Vols. 1-6; Salisbury; Saugus; Shelburne; Shirley; Shrewsbury; Southborough; Southbridge Holbrook NP; Spencer; Stoneham; Stoughton; Stow; Sturbridge; Sudbury; Sutton; Taunton Vols. 1-3 vol 1; Templeton; Tewksbury; Tisbury; Topsfield; Tyngsborough; Tyringham; Webster Holbrook np; Wakefield; Warren; Washington; Wayland; Wenham; Westborough; West Bridgewater; West Boylston; Westford; Westminster; West Newbury; Westport; West Stockbridge; Weymouth Vols. 1-2; Winchendon; Windsor; Williamstown; Worthington; Upton; Uxbridge. Note: 9 of the volumes later printings as indicated. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Boston, Mass. : Published by the New-England Historic Genealogical Society, hardcover
1549réf. 5178Erfurt: Gervasius und Wolffgangus Sthürmer gebrüder 1549. SOLE GERMAN EDITION. Printed by the brothers Gervasius and Wolfgang Stürmer. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in modern quarter vellum and marbled boards. A very good copy with broad margins with some faint marginal foxing mainly in the upper margin and a small faint damp-stain in the lower corner of the final 3 leaves. Translation of title: "A written exhortation to peace and unity from the Lord Protector and other leading regents and councilors of the Kingdom of England addressed to the nobility the common estates and all other inhabitants of the Kingdom of Scotland. Translated from English into Latin and subsequently into German. Highly useful to exalted potentates and rulers-as becomes evident in many passages upon reading." This is a German translation via an intermediate Latin version of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset's "An Epistle or Exhortacion to Unitie & Peace" - the Lord Protector's open letter to the Scots urging them to honor the Treaty of Greenwich and accept the marriage of the English boy-king Edward VI to the infant Mary Queen of Scots. English troops were already prosecuting a war in Scotland. By refusing the marriage the Scots would show that they "preferred discord to unity war to peace." The letter is dated 5 February in the second year of King Edward VI's reign 1548. The English edition ESTC S110952 was printed at London in early 1548 most likely February since the Latin edition was also printed in London on 5 March ESTC S117203. In North America the English edition is held by Folger and Huntington; the Latin by Huntington only. I have not traced a copy of the German edition in North America. Edward Seymour was the brother of Queen Jane Seymour the third wife of King Henry VIII. Following Henry's death in 1547 he became Lord Protector of the realm for the young King Edward VI who was still a minor. As regent of England Seymour openly promoted Protestantism a stance that antagonized conservative Catholics-including Princess Mary the young king's eldest half-sister and successor. Seymour's military campaign against Scotland-an attempt to force a marriage between Edward VI and the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart at that time only an infant-ended in financial disaster for England. Increasingly unpopular among the nobility Seymour was overthrown in December 1549 and beheaded on Tower Hill on January 22 1552. On 1st July 1543 in the reign of King Henry VIII the Treaties of Greenwich were signed between England and Scotland. Part of the agreement was that Henry's five-year-old heir Edward and the princess Mary Stuart later Mary Queen of Scots should eventually be married. The Scots repudiated the treaties in December 1543. Henry's response was the war that later came to be known as the "Rough Wooing." It began with the sack of Edinburgh and Leith in May 1544 and continued into Edward VI's reign. In the end it pushed Scotland toward France. Mary then only four years old was betrothed to the Dauphin and sent to France under the Treaty of Haddington. "The timing of the Somerset's Epistle was important. In February 1548 the English were masters of Scotland; two invasions were about to be launched one up the River Nith to Drumlanrig another to Haddington. Furthermore it was becoming apparent that considerable French aid would shortly be sent to Scotland. At this critical juncture Somerset hoped to lay before the Scots the fullest and most moderate case he could and the Epistle was a direct comment on the circumstances at that time. Though short it was complicated with three basic elements: the exposition of the justness of the English case an elaboration of the advantages of the union and a demonstration of the lack of any alternative course of action. "The Epistle was the high water mark of the English propaganda campaign aimed at the Scots. Events were rapidly outstripping the presses. By June the French were disembarking at Leith by July Haddington was besieged and by August Mary had embarked for France the betrothed of the Dauphin. Scottish collaborators rapidly melted away. Consequently it is not surprising that no subsequent piece of propaganda can be seriously thought to be directed at a Scottish audience. "Efforts were made to insure that the Epistle had as wide a readership as possible. To begin with four different editions were printed: an English version in octavo and quarto executed by Grafton and two Latin editions by Wolf. Every other piece of propaganda had only one edition. Moreover the pamphlet was widely circulated. "Not only was the Epistle seen in Scotland. The Emperor read one of the Latin editions and did not find all of it to his liking. German Protestant concern has no more striking piece of evidence than a German translation of Wolf's Latin edition printed in Erfurt in 1549."Merriman The Rough Wooings Mary Queen of Scots p. 274-279 Somerset's Epistle present the English as Scotland's benefactors rather than its conquerors. As victors who have "overcome you in war and now become masters of the better part of your realm" they could have dictated terms but instead they come as "a father deals with his son an elder brother with a younger or a skilled physician with the sick" and ask the Scots to regard them "rather as friends than foes rather as brothers than masters." Centuries of war between the two kingdoms are truly lamentable because the two nations which share a common tongue and inhabit the same island are separated only by "the rival dominion that divides them." The natural conclusion is that they should where possible become a single realm under one rule. Since two hereditary realms cannot merge "without the downfall of one of them - except through the bond of marriage" the marriage of Edward and Mary offers the only means to effect the union of England and Scotland preserving "the rights of both" nations. Seymour sees the hand of Providence at work. King James V's two sons had died leaving only the infant Mary and Henry VIII had only sired one son by Jane Seymour. England promises to give up any title of conqueror and -remarkably- to set aside "the glorious English name itself" so that both peoples would resume "the old common name of Britons." Scottish laws would stand as England France and Rome all tolerated regional diversity of law and Mary would become "an heir in England as well." Against this the epistle sets the danger of relying on France. Foreign troops would "defile your houses waste your lands" and carry off the Queen to marry wherever it suited them. "This foreign help will be your shame this garrison your ruin even victory itself your bondage." The epistle closes with the promise of free trade between both kingdoms. Scottish merchants who register with border officers and pledge to the cause will receive safe-conduct into England to trade "exactly as though they were His Majesty's own subjects." A united Britain it is promised would have "the sea our wall brotherly love our garrison God Himself our protector.". Gervasius und Wolffgangus Sthürmer, gebrüder hardcover
1767réf. QQ0322Printed by Mark Baskett and by the assigns of Robert Baskett 1767. Original full black morocco elaborate gilt borders to boards built up with single gilt fillet geometric roll and small tools rococo floral motifs. Geometric gilt decor to board edges; floral gilt decor to turn-ins. Raised bands to spine and elaborate gilt decor in small tools flowers stars fronds etc. Some rubbing to board and spine edges and to raised bands on spine. Board corners slightly pushed in. Mild uniform sunning to boards and spine. Minor abrasion c. 1.5cm to centre rear board. All edges gilt. Thick 4to 33 x 26.5 x 10.5cm. Hinges sound. Original marbled endpapers; front endpapers cracked at gutter. With loose slip of paper with pen inscription: 'This Bible was donated to the Community of Our Lady and St John at Alton Abbey by HRM Roundell Esq . whose late wife Louise was a member of the Corrie family. February 2005'. There is indeed the signature 'Edgar Corrie' to t.p. and 6pp. inscriptions largely genealogical records of the Corrie family to front of vol. inc. blank verso to front free endpaper and t.p. in a variety of old hands some interspersed with annotations to birth or baptismal records giving dates of death. First blank front endpage has some loss at top and bottom gutter. Dates recorded range from 1748 the birth of Edgar Corrie clearly recorded after the fact to 1894 Fanny Amos the 'loving and dearly loved friend and nurse' to a succession of Corries born in the mid-nineteenth century; possibly the only individual recorded who was not a member of the Corrie family by birth or marriage. The first page of inscriptions is not a genealogical record but a selection of biblical passages and an unattributed quotation from the 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian James Howell 'in the conduct of human affairs it is a rule that a good conscience hath always within doors enough to reward itself' see Epistolae Ho-Elianae: The Familiar Letters of James Howell 1907 Vol. III p. 3. The collected inscriptions are signed 'E.C. 14th March 1799'; Corrie concludes at the bottom of the page 'I earnestly recommend the serious consideration of all the above texts & truths to each & to all of my Children' the second page of inscriptions records ten children to Corrie and his wife Ann Falkner. Edgar Corrie 1748-1819 prominent Scottish merchant in Liverpool business partner with John Gladstone father of the prime minister from 1787-1801. Corrie was a clandestine abolitionist: he wrote to Lord Hawkesbury in February 1788 with 'a long attack on the conduct of the slave trade in Liverpool' but asked that his name should be concealed from all except the Prime Minister William Pitt as it would 'cause him "irreparable prejudice" in the town if his letter became known' F. E. Sanderson “The Liverpool Abolitionists” in R. Anstey and P. E. H. Hair eds. Liverpool the African Slave Trade and Abolition 1989 pp. 215-16. No pagination. Decorated initials. Text printed in double columns. Separate dated t.p. for NT. Index to rear. The Apocrypha is listed in contents but it was issued without. Lacking the additional engraved title page mentioned by Darlow & Moule as are many other copies in ESTC & OCLC. Large paper copy considerably larger than the 24.1 x 18.8 size mentioned in Darlow & Moule. An imposing Baskett bible in handsome original binding with interesting provenance. Darlow & Moule 1180; ESTC T93100. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Binding sound text unmarked. Very Good. c. 3000pp. 33 x 27 x 10 cm. Printed by Mark Baskett and by the assigns of Robert Baskett Hardcover
1982réf. mon0000180089Coventry City Council 1982-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Coventry City Council paperback
réf. 51-6269Roma: Nella Stamperia di Generoso Salomoni 1762; Veneunt apud Auctorem aedibus Comitis Thomati via Felice prope templum SS. Trinitatis in Monte Pincio; . Folio. 40 x 52.7cm. Half 19th Century polished calf with marbled boards.Wilton-Ely D.IV nos. 553-558. The large folding plate "Senatus Populusque Romanus Monumenta. The Senate and People of Rome Wilton-Ely 558 is now in a sleeve bound-in for ease of removal and display. Engraved title engraved dedication large folding engraved plate with fabric repair to verso and a couple of small tears or wear-through holes at folds engraved vignettes light staining to half-title initial ff. and plates with small damp-stain to fore-edge margin 1762. very light scattered marginal spots or soiling book-plate to front pastedown "Collegii Sancti Cuthberti" c.f. Brunet IV 672. Roma: Nella Stamperia di Generoso Salomoni, 1762; Veneunt apud Auctorem aedibus Comitis Thomati via Felice prope templum SS. Tri hardcover
1618réf. 5101Imprinted at Edinburgh: s.n. 1618. FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. "A reissue of STC 140 Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason 1618. Hardcover. Fine. With cancel title page and dedication printed by A. Hart; Page 109-12 are a cancel bifolium printed in London by the Eliot's Court Press. Cf. STC. This copy is bound with bound with as often "Ta tÅn MusÅn exodia" see STC 142. There are two variants of Hart's issue the other with line 3 in the title reading "To the High and". A woodcut portrait of King James VI/I and the royal arms appears on the first leaf. The text is richly adorned with a variety of woodcut ornaments and elaborate initials. A fine copy in 19th c. straight-grain green morocco richly tooled in gold hinges rubbed with light wear at the head and foot of the spine. The text is in excellent condition with just some light stains on p. 142-3 a small natural paper flaw affecting a few letters on leaf Pp3 and a light water-stain to leaf Xx2. A splendid production promoted by King James VI and I himself commemorating the king's return to Scotland in 1617 where he was presented with poems of welcome and praise collected in this deluxe volume. In addition to the Latin poems the book features three English poems: William Drummond's "Forth Feasting" and two untitled poems by Alexander Craig ca. 1567-1624 delivered at Kinnaird and William Mure 1594-1657 presented at Hamilton; and a number of English speeches. There are also seven poems in Greek. "Each of the relevant stages in the king's progress is introduced with a few exceptions where space is tight on a separate and impressive title page with details of the date and place. "With over sixty individual contributors 'The Muses' Welcome to the High and Mightie Prince James' henceforth TMW was written on the occasion of the return of King James VI and I to Scotland after fourteen years in 1617. Its acclamations are delivered with considerable ingenuity and skill in more than 130 poems which range in length from short epigrams to much longer hexameter panegyrics. Such an assembly of verse to celebrate an itinerant sovereign has few if any parallels in any Neo-Latin context. Moreover TMW is presented as a travelogue: a record with precise dates of the king's journey or 'progress' through some fifteen towns and other places in his northern realm from Dundee to Drumlanrig two visits are noted for Stirling and at least two for Edinburgh. The poets form part of a landscape an unselfconsciously Latinised landscape which they rejoice to see rejuvenated by James' return. "TMW is a snapshot of Scotland in a particular summer or rather perhaps a group photograph one of the livelier kind. A real work of cerebration as well as celebration by the Scottish towns and cities TMW is testimony to Scotland's cultural and educational achievements at a moment which coincides with the zenith of Scottish Latin verse. Finally-though of course this is the first point that the reader experiences-TMW is a delight to handle and peruse because of its generous dimensions its use throughout of a large italic font its ample spacing and its clear and dignified announcement of each new place visited and the date of arrival. This fine appearance is hardly surprising for it was commissioned by the king himself evidently well pleased by the poetic homage presented to him in these three months and entrusted by him to Edinburgh's leading printers. He also made careful provision for the distribution of eighty copies which may or may not comprise the whole print run. "The King's itinerary according to TMW is as follows: Dunglass Seton Edinburgh Falkland Kinnaird Dundee Edinburgh a second time Dalkeith Stirling Perth St. Andrews Stirling a second time Glasgow Paisley Hamilton Sanquhar Drumlanrig Dumfries. It confines itself to the places where the king was welcomed with 'poesies' or occasionally just a speech. The McNeills "The Scottish progress of James VI 1617" add to this from their own viewpoint but only in a single place is there a significant difference. They add with good evidence James' journey to Cavard from Dunglass. "The arranging and organising of the ambitious poetic timetable and the 'call for poems' would have been no easy task. Suitable poets would have to be found involving local initiative but also tight central planning. And of course it was advisable that the eventual poetry be vetted for quality and sensitivity. Many of the writers in TMW are unknown or little-known though in some places we can see better-known poets contributing their talents. In no case do we find that a poem has been recycled from another location and although inevitably evidence of shared sentiments and sometimes similar verbal expression do appear the absence of overlap or borrowing let alone plagiarism is notable." At least 80 copies were printed at the King's request: "The dean of his majesty's chapel William bishop of Galloway was tasked with the provision of eighty copies with forty going to the king and forty to be distributed "amongst the prelattis nobilitie and counsellouris" of the kingdom. Whether the king's chosen printers named as Finlason and Hart to whom this directive was sent confined themselves to the eighty copies required by James is not certain; there was surely potential demand from people over and above the people specified such as teachers and university staff and other members of the general public who were familiar with Latin. "The picture of himself as a king outstanding in justice and virtue and in religious devotion and literary patronage will have cheered James when one imagines he dipped into TMW as time and health allowed. He would have found its recreation of the literary atmosphere of the great classical poets and the manipulation of the classical language in his honour gratifying perhaps inspiring. He valued Latin highly and the Latin of TMW is on the whole not particularly difficult for one with some experience of poetic vocabulary of the nature of poetic word-order and of the commoner figures of speech and thought and with access to details of classical mythology. "Like King James modern readers and researchers may not indeed should not try to read the work or even one or two particular sections in one go. But perseverance and one hopes increasing critical attention to TMW will show the attractions of this great assemblage of poetry ingenious in conception varied in expression skilful in metre expert in articulation and ornament astute in allusion and intertextuality and an outstanding addition to the Latinate Scottish delights of the Jacobean era."Gibson The King Returns: 'The Muses' Welcome' 1618 in Neo-Latin Literature and Literary Culture in Early Modern Scotland Ch. 5 p.126 ff. [s.n.] hardcover
1820réf. 342776Publisher; Unknown 1820. First edition. Softcover. Specimen color/red plates 1 5 & 10 pound notes printed on single and double sides loosely inserted. Good copy; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. An unread example with unopened pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Additional scans and bibliographic detail on request. Date of publication is suggested. Physical description; 14 pp. Dis-bound as issued. Subjects; Bank of England.1800-1850. Bank notes - original currency samples -Great Britain. Banks and banking Central Great Britain. Currency - counterfeit and fraudulent - currency - forgery - nineteenth century. Currency printing - authentic registers. Pole served as Bank governor from 1820-1822 only. Publisher; Unknown paperback
réf. 05481London: Messrs. Fores 1838. Queen Victoria's Coronation Procession in Scarce Panorama One of the Earliest Examples of Royal Memorabilia An Exceptional Example PANORAMA. VICTORIA Queen of England 1819-1901. Fores' Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August Ceremony of Her Majesty's Coronation June 28th 1838. Sixty Feet Long. Price £1. 11s. 6d Coloured 16s Plain. Also Accurate Views of the Interior of the Abbey During the Ceremony. London: Published by Messrs. Fores at their Sporting & Fine Print Repository and Frame Manufactory August 20 1838. First and only edition and issue. Small oblong quarto cover size: 4 13/16 x 7 7/8 inches; 122 x 200 mm. Thirty-three hand-colored sections in a continuous strip 4 x 675 inches; 103 x 17145 mm. of the full procession scene in aquatint. Publishers pink ribbed cloth covers bordered in blind front cover decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt with a border of crowns and flowers smooth spine decoratively tooled in blind. Small booksellers ticket of "R. Ackermann Junr." and small label wit "PP 2/ 1952" on front paste-down. Complete with the original brass clasp and catch. The spine very slightly faded still an exceptional example - apparently rarely handled. On June 20 1837 King William IV died and his niece Princess Victoria became Queen at the age of 18. Her coronation was held at Westminster Abbey a year later on June 28 1838; this panorama illustrates her procession to Westminster. The coronation was a huge occasion for celebration and four hundred thousand visitors descended upon London to see the new Queen being crowned. In her diary the nineteen-year-old Victoria set down an account of this the greatest day in her young life: "I was awoke at four o'clock by the guns in the Park and could not get much sleep afterwards on account of the noise of the people bands etc. etc. Got up at seven feeling strong and well; the Park presented a curious spectacle crowds of people up to Constitution Hill soldiers bands etc. I dressed having taken a little breakfast before I dressed and a little after. At half-past nine I went into the next room dressed exactly in my House of Lords costume." "At 10 I got into the State Coach with the Duchess of Sutherland and Lord Albemarle and we began our progress. It was a fine day and the crowds of people exceeded what I have ever seen; Their good humour and excessive loyalty was beyond everything and I really cannot say how proud I feel to be the Queen of such a nation. ". After the ceremony At about half-past four I re-entered my carriage the Crown on my head and the Sceptre and Orb in my hands and we proceeded the same way as we came-the crowds if possible having increased. The enthusiasm affection and loyalty were really touching and I shall ever remember this day as the PROUDEST of my life! I came home a little after six really not feeling tired. At eight we dined." "On the day of Queen Victoria's coronation four hundred thousand visitors descended on London to see the new queen. Fores publishing house had been established in the 1780s by Samuel William Fore 1761-1838 with his shop in Piccadilly London. It specialized in caricature and memorabilia and was at one time reputed to have the largest collection of caricatures." Bobins. Abbey Life 539; Bobins IV 1303. London: Messrs. Fores, 1838 unknown
1713réf. 1394685London: Printed by John Baskett 1713-1717. First Editions. Hardcover. Folio 61-174 2179-191 6 203-206 2 211-218 2 223-270 2 275-357 3 361-362 2 367-382 2 387-422 4. In Good minus condition. Bound in full contemporary calf with banded spine and tooling to boards. Boards show moderate wear to edges moderate plus wear and bumping to corners and several gouges to the front board. Cracking to leather along joint of front board. A clear lacquer appears to have been applied to the boards. Text block has light age toning to edges. Ex-Library institutional plate appears on front paste down. Ex libris of former owner appears on front pastedown. Several ink "doodles" in an 18th-century hand appear on the front paste down and front free end page. Square-inch tear to fore-edge of front free end page. Pages tightly trimmed by binder impacting some of the printed marginal annotations. BB Consignment. Shelved in Room A Oversized. Appears to contain two collections of public statutes passed in 1713 and 1714 but printed between 1713 and 1717 each with a closing contents page. The first collection contains Acts II - XVIII of 18 acts and the second contains Acts II - XXIII of 23 acts. The acts cover a range of topics including duties tariffs and taxes; the paying and management of military personnel and militias; and the management of churches. The most significant of the acts however is Act 15 of the second set of acts entitled "An Act for Providing a Publick Reward for such Person or Persons as shall Discover the Longitude at Sea". This formally established the Commissioners of the Longitude and the reward of £20000 for "the first Author or Authors Discoverer or Discoverers of any such method ." that to the satisfaction of the committee accurately determined a ship's longitude at sea accurate to within 20 geographical miles. This reward would not be claimed until 1765 when clockmaker John Harrison developed his "time-keeper" or marine chronometer. 1394685. Special Collections - Upstairs. Printed by John Baskett hardcover
1809réf. ST19496London and Hafod 1809-11. 300 x 240 mm. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2". 14 volumes. Froissart translated by John Bouchier Lord Berners. Monstrelet translated by Thomas Johnes. Rastell edited by Thomas F. Dibdin. HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY SPRINKLED CALF GILT covers with French fillet border corners with floral spray topped by a coronet raised bands spine compartments with central floral sprig surrounded by small tools acorn and oak leaf cornerpieces one tan and one brown morocco label marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Monstrelet with 51 plates one double page; Rastell with numerous woodcuts in the text and 18 full-page portraits of English kings. Lowndes III 1586; Cave "Private Press" pp. 43-44 Monstrelet; Cox III 380; Lowndes II 924 Grafton; Cox III 375; Lowndes II 843 Froissart; Cox III 378; Lowndes II 984 Hall; Cox III 374; Lowndes I 72 Arnold; Cox III 377; Lowndes IV 2051 Rastell; Cox III 375; Lowndes II 773-774 Fabyan; Cox III 378; Lowndes II 994 Hardyng. Spines lightly sunned top label more affected a dozen boards with small patches of lost patina from insect activity light rubbing to extremities other insignificant defects but the bindings lustrous with very little wear and making an imposing presence on the shelf. Illustrations lightly foxed occasional minor foxing or browning to text more prominent on a dozen or so openings but never severe other isolated negligible imperfections but a fine set inside and out the amply-margined text clean bright and fresh. Tall uniformly bound and a striking ornament to any library these volumes contain important histories first published in the 15th and 16th centuries covering events in England France and western Europe from the first century A.D. through the mid-1500s. The famed "Chronicles" of Jean Froissart ca. 1337 – ca. 1405 are a key resource for the Hundred Years' War and for the chivalric culture of the 14th century. Monstrelet ca. 1400 – 1453 picked up where Froissart left off reporting on the years 1400-44. The works by Robert Fabyan d. ca. 1512 and John Hardyng 1378–1465 look at English history from the first century Roman occupation through the Plantagenet and Tudor dynasties ending in the 15th and 16th centuries respectively. Printer John Rastell d. 1536 compiled and published "Pastime" which looks at England from 1066-1485. The "Chronicle" by Edward Hall 1497-1547 covering the years 1399-1547 was a key source for Shakespeare's history plays and according to A. W. Rosenbach's 1938 catalogue was "the second book printed in English and written by an Englishman referring to America as well as the first English historical work mentioning a voyage to America." King's printer to Henry VIII and Edward VI Richard Grafton ca. 1506/7 or 1511 – 1573 produced an abridgement of earlier Chronicles and a continuation of Hall's work notable according to DNB for "his description of the accession of Queen Elizabeth her welcome in London and the pageants held along the route—from the Tower to Westminster—which Grafton helped to oversee." "Customs of London" attributed to Richard Arnold d. ca. 1521 lists mayors sheriffs and bailiffs of that city from the time of Richard I to that of Henry VI and contains its articles charters and ordinances. It is easy to picture the present set on the shelves of a stately home---which given their "country house" condition is quite possibly where they resided for many years. unknown
1881réf. 55698London 1881. Very good. Twelve monthly parts quarto 22 by 17.5 cm. 379 leaves 8 final blank. Original manuscript penned in several neat hands including 40 original illustrations mostly tipped-in on heavier paper. Title pages for vol. 1 January-June and vol. 2 July-December; index for vol. 1. Recent foliation in pencil; 75 pages with contemporary numeration in ink. Navy blue polished calf lettered and tooled in gilt marbled endleaves. Covers lightly chafed at extremities; occasional mild smudging else text about fine. Privately circulated magazine comprising essays often on historical subjects travel accounts short stories poetry riddles and puzzles along with some letters to the editor. This particular collection affords a unique perspective on a Victorian-era co-ed literary project born of youthful enthusiasm. Many of the pieces unfold serially across several issues. Floral themes depictions of girls and landscapes abound among the watercolor and ink illustrations most of which are on heavier paper and have been tipped-in. All but the last issue contain an opening illustration invoking the month. The illustrations and written pieces are pseudonymously signed by no fewer than sixteen contributors many of whom are women: Ad Lucem; Amicus; Beth; Constancy; Daphne; Elaine; Gh; Granta; Hope; Iris; Ivy; Mezereon a species of Daphne; M'one; M:zone; One of the Mob; Sinon the cousin of Odysseus who persuaded the Trojans to open the gate for the Trojan Horse; Viola. The editor's introduction and subsequent addresses attest to the ephemeral nature of the project including financial pressures. In the address to the members which appears at the opening of the second volume the editor raises the issue of increasing the subscription rate for 2 to 5 shillings per annum. "At a meeting of a few friends it was suggested that a publication of a Magazine to be circulated among the members only should be undertaken. Two members undertook to draw up a code of rules and issue a circular inviting members to join the Society the magazine of which was to be called 'The Folia Peripatetica.' The encouragement which the proposal received was quite equal to the anticipation of the promoters and many hailed with joy the advent of the Folia as a pastime and an occupation for the long winter evenings and sunny days of summer. All the contributors it is needless to say were born authors and though perhaps some were comparatively young in years yet their light was no longer to remain dimly burning under the bushel. Poets Musicians Novelists Historians all found here the medium they had long wished for. Joy joy unspeakable joy reigned supreme in the Editors office and for a season all went on as 'merry as a cricket.' But alas! vain are the hopes of man. Time was when lo a change came oer the spirit of my dream. Members finding they were after all condemned to 'blush unseen' and waste their fragrance on the limited circle of the Folia's members began to find that other and more important duties claimed their time. Some retired into distant parts of the country others went abroad or got married. In vain fresh nurses were called in and a change of Doctors -- I mean Editors -- effected Hope for a short while revived but this soon gave place to despondency. A change to Sidmouth and Plymouth only accelerated the malady. But the Folia was not to perish in this obscure way. Fate had ordained a fairer destiny. The two volumes now handsomely bound will remain for many a long year to come a fitting monument to the memory of the 'Folia Peripatetica'" editor's preface. vol. 1. "Granta" contributes several notable pieces: "University Degree Day" an eye-witness account of the 1877 ceremony where Charles Darwin received an honorary degree at Cambridge; "Jesuit Schools" prompted by the "advent of a colony of Jesuits in our secluded valley;" and "Capital Punishment" in which the author argues against "a practice entirely barbarous horrible in its details and brutalising in its effects." A piece on "Women's Rights" written under the pseudonym "Ad Lucem" is illustrated with pen drawings of butterflies. An account of Autumn maneuvers with the 20th Yorkshire Amateur Carabineers written by a participant is provided by Gh. "Hope" writes about "Shakespeare's Heroines" and "Viola" explores the lives of "Some of Our King's Wives." "One of the Mob" offers an account of "two bachelors of limited incomes" visiting Paris on the cheap. An anonymous writer compares "the translations of the old and revised versions of the New Testament" that appear in the Gospel of Matthew. "Music in Worship" by "Amicus" includes a score entitled "Augusta." An ultra-miniature 30 cm text penned within a circle and requiring magnification to read includes The Lord's Prayer a Creed and the Ten Commandments the final line noting "St. John's College Cambridge 1881." Provenance: Editorial note at close of first monthly issue noting that subscriptions for the current half year are now due and should be forwarded to No. 43 Oakley Street Chelsea. Binding: ticket of Macmichael. Stationer to the Queen. 207 Kings Road. Chelsea Watermark: Jordan Superfine. unknown
1521réf. 68857London: Richard Pynson 1521. Full Description: HENRY VIII King of England. Assertio Septem Sacramentorum Aduersus Martin. Lutheru. Aedita ab Invictissimo Angliae et Franciae Rege et do. Hyberniae Henrico Eius Nominis Octavo. London: Richard Pynson 1521. First edition. Small quarto 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 210 x 155 mm. 80 leaves. With the final two blank leaves. Final leaf of text is errata and colophon. Large woodcut initials. Title-page within a allegorical woodcut boarder signed HH for Hans Holbein. "The woodcut border on the title-page which depicts the story of C. Mucius Scaevola and King Porsenna McKerrow & Ferguson 8 was adapted from a design by Hans Holbein for the De immortalitate animae by Aeneas Gazaeus printed by Froben in Basel in 1516." Sotheby's. Probably remboitage binding of 17th-century vellum rebacked. The arms of Pope Urban VIII in gilt as central devices on front and back board. Boards double ruled in gilt and with gilt bees as corner devices. All edges gilt. Leaves very clean. Binding with staining and repairs to corners. Old ink manuscript on front board. Final blank leaf professionally repaired. Overall a very good copy. It was perhaps as early as 1516 that Cardinal Wolsey anxious to distract him from more worldly preoccupations first encouraged Henry VIlI to embark on a serious rejoinder to Luther 49. In so doing Wolsey wrought his own downfall and this was perhaps the least of the consequences of 'The Assertion of the Seven Sacraments' one of the most fateful books in the history of western civilisation. Despite his unfeigned zeal to extirpate heresy it was not until Henry began to take a serious interest in foreign affairs that he realised the practical value which such a work might have if dedicated to the Pope. It is difficult to estimate the spiritual influence of the papacy at a time when the vast majority of Christendom saw It as a not specially powerful temporal state; but it was none the less felt. How much Henry's anxiety to complete the book between May and July 1521 was activated real if romantic desire to become the champion of the papacy it is hard to say. This point of view may be supported by Henry's statement to a startled and incredulous Thomas More 47 that 'from that See we received our crown imperial. More could see the dangers of so firm commitment to the temporal if not to the spiritual power of the papacy and his misgivings were soon to be justified a hundredfold. Henry gained the recognition he sought from Leo X the title of Fidei Defensor. But had he not made so absolute an admission of papal authority it is unlikely that he would have felt so personally slighted by the Pope's refusal to give him his way in his 'great matter' the divorce from Catherine of Aragon; unlikely that he would have turned with such vehemence on almost all the advisers. More among them who had made his reign so successful hitherto; unlikely that he would have claimed the royal supremacy in the Church; unlikely- but there speculation must stop. Suffice it to say that the publication of the Assertio must be considered to mark a critical moment in the history of the English Reformation." PMM 50. ESTC S123359. PMM 50. STC 13078. HBS 68857. $27500. Richard Pynson unknown
réf. 64760London 1760-1819. Folio approximately 275 x 185 mm. 93 volumes including 5190 Acts. Bound in contemporary virtually uniform calf with the arms of the City of Aberdeen to the upper covers of most volumes. Some age wear as reasonably expected generally the books are sound with some recent professional restorations to extremities joints heads and toes of spines etc. where it was necessary recently professionally cleaned and polished. Contents generally fresh and clean without any significant foxing or damp-staining exceptional set overall. Provenance: these Acts were compiled and bound for the Royal Burgh of Aberdeen bearing their arms on the front and back boards until 1792 and the town's motto of Bon Accord on the bottom of the backstrip thereafter. It is likely then that these were originally housed in the old Tollbooth from which Aberdeen was governed until the construction of the larger town house complex in the 19th century. This being the case it is also likely that the medieval library that these were to be stowed away in was not overly gifted with shelf space and the incidental removal of Acts deemed less interesting to a Scottish readership would have been an easy way of slimming the collection down so that it fitted into its designated place. A near full-run of the Acts passed under the reign of King George III a period that oversaw the American Revolutionary War changes in policy regarding slavery etc. In ninety-three volumes and including 5190 Acts this collection recalls the entirety of the reign of King George III undoubtedly one of the most significant for American history and in general amongst the most dynamic and rapidly changing periods of the modern era. These Acts bear witness to the birth and rebirth of nations the reorganization and regulation of the East India Company the gradual abolition of slavery the rapid onset of the Industrial Revolution the growth of an empire that touched every corner of the known world and the rising clatter of mechanization and industry. Almost every major Act of George III's reign is included. Sixty years of some of the most energetic social and political history are laid out kept in time to the marching beat of Parliamentary governance. This set is even more interesting for having been held together and bound with the arms of the City of Aberdeen to mist volumes. This collection is an invaluable primary source of unusual scale and completeness. American contents: The United States of America's rise from a string of far-western colonies to a sovereign state is mapped comprehensively. Tensions in the Americas arguably began with the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which barred American colonists from settling further west of a line closely circumscribing existing colonial boundaries. A year later the Sugar Act and Currency Act both vol. VI heightened unrest by hampering the already struggling economies of the Thirteen Colonies. In 1765 the Stamp Act vol. VII passed into law imposing a tax on printed goods and documents payable only in British currency. The response was enormous culminating in the Stamp Act Congress whose united voices issued the Declaration of Rights and Grievances. Parliament was petitioned and when it became clear that the Act was harming British mercantile interests in the Colonies it was repealed. Soon after however the Declaratory Act vol. VIII reasserted British authority in America. To Britain control over the Colonies was essential. A succession of failed harvests combined with large-scale grain exports had led to soaring corn prices and riots across Britain. In response Parliament abolished import duties on "Corn and Grain" from America vol. VIII followed by the removal of duties on wheat and wheat flour vol. IX and later on other American grains including rice and maize vol. X. America was simply too valuable for Britain to lose. The Townshend Acts of 1767 and 1768 introduced further measures to curb colonial dissent and extract greater profit from His Majesty's American possessions. The Revenue Act vol. IX placed taxes on several goods including tea and introduced Writs of Assistance allowing property searches in cases of suspected smuggling. Passed concurrently the Commissioners of Customs Act vol. IX sought to enforce compliance with British customs laws. The Indemnity Act vol. IX waived import duties on tea imported by the East India Company undercutting smuggled Dutch tea that threatened British revenue. The New York Restraining Act vol. IX suspended the New York Assembly's legislative authority until it complied with the Quartering Act of 1765 vol. VII. The last of the Townshend Acts the Vice Admiralty Court Act vol. X of 1768 replaced colonial courts with admiralty courts to more effectively punish and prevent smuggling. These Acts were later repealed except for the Indemnity Act which in 1773 was amended and continued as the Tea Act vol. XVII prompting the Boston Tea Party. Parliament retaliated with the Boston Port Act vol. XIX closing the harbour until the destroyed tea was paid for. This was the first of the five Intolerable Acts that directly precipitated the Declaration of Independence and the outbreak of war in 1776. Soon followed the Massachusetts Government Act and the Administration of Justice Act both vol. XIX. The former tightened royal control over Massachusetts while the latter permitted royal officials accused of offences in America to be tried elsewhere. The next Intolerable Act was the Quartering Act vol. XX which reiterated provisions from the earlier Act. Finally came the Quebec Act vol. XX expanding the province's boundaries into territory now part of the United States. These measures brought the Colonies to the brink of rebellion and when Parliament angered by New York's non-compliance with the Quartering Act passed the New England Restraining Act vol. XXI in 1775 banning trade with New England war finally broke out. Years of fighting followed as France Spain and the United Provinces of the Netherlands joined the conflict against Britain. In 1782 George III gave assent to the American Colonies Peace Act vol. XXXIV allowing negotiations that culminated in the Treaty of Paris of 1783. Later that year the Trade with America Act vol. XXXV was passed formally recognising the United States and reopening trade. In other spheres the British Empire continued to develop. Shown in these Acts is the amazing variety of luxury goods flowing into and through Britain from around the world. Sugar and Tobacco from the West Indies arrived in British ports to be warehoused alongside Teas and Silks from China. However stowed between tea chests and sugar barrels British merchants often found room for human cargo. The British slave trade and its abolition is also documented in these Acts. In this time African slaves passed as freely from port to port as any other exotic merchandise and it wasn't until the Slave Trade Act of 1788 that this trade was in any way regulated. This Act only temporarily limited the number of slaves that could be carried on board a trading vessel and whilst British slavers would face further regulations in the years following it was only in 1807 that the trade was truly abolished. However long after George III's death slaves were still working the plantations of the British Empire. Britain and Ireland also underwent great change. Physically the British Isles were transformed. By his death in 1820 George III's now united Kingdom was cut with snaking canals and bristled with groaning mills. Coal and cheap iron flowed into burning furnaces allowing British manufacturers to produce with great speed and quantity goods to be exported across the world. James Watt's steam engine its invention marked in an Act of the twenty-first volume of this collection greatly encouraged this growth of industry. Textiles were one of Britain's biggest exports and their manufacture was greatly increased by Watt's machine. Handloom weavers were very quickly driven out of work and in retaliation broke machines and burned mills. Parliament's response was a series of punitive Acts ensuring harsh and 'exemplary' punishment for these Luddites. The revolt was extinguished and with it an older slower world. This collection also contains fascinating details of the East India Company and the long process by which it was gradually subsumed by the British Crown. By 1773 the Company was failing. Smuggling in the Americas had severely reduced its income and the British Government eager to safeguard its future introduced the Regulating Act vol. XVIII overhauling its organisation and drawing it closer into British control. However this did little to abate concerns surrounding the Company's inefficiency in governing its Indian territories. In 1784 Prime Minister Pitt the Younger sought to remedy this with his India Act vol. XXXVII which more firmly subordinated the Company to the Crown by appointing six Privy Councillors to the newly created Board of Control. The final major reorganisation of the East India Company during George III's reign came in 1813 with the Charter Act vol. LXXX which renewed the Company's charter but restricted its monopoly to China and the trade in opium and tea. War with France had placed enormous financial pressure on Britain and merchants who were unable to trade with much of Europe demanded the destruction of the Company's monopoly in India. Once again the Company's authority was curtailed and brought further under direct British oversight. Another significant movement of George III's reign was the abolition of the slave trade. Abolitionism had been largely a fringe movement until David Hartley tabled a motion in the House of Commons in 1776 to end Britain's involvement in the movement of human chattel. Hartley's motion failed and it wasn't until over a decade later that any sort of regulation was placed on British slaving practices. The Zong massacre of 1781 in which the crew of a British slaving ship threw one hundred and thirty African slaves overboard provoked widespread outrage and strengthened the abolitionist cause. By 1788 sufficient pressure had built for Parliament to pass the first Slave Trade Act vol. XLI regulating the number of slaves permitted aboard trading vessels. Later that year the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade published its famous plan of the slave ship Brookes illustrating the continued horrors permitted under the new rules. Eleven more years of campaigning led to the second Slave Trade Act vol. LVIII in 1799 which required slaving vessels to be exclusively registered for that purpose and imposed stricter limits on the number of individuals transported. These regulations were to be enforced by Customs Officers. Seven years later the third Slave Trade Act vol. LXIX of 1807 abolished the trade altogether outlawing the sale and purchase of slaves and establishing penalties for violators. Parliament subsequently strengthened enforcement through numerous amendments and secured agreements with Spain Portugal and the Netherlands to end the trade in their own territories vols. XCI & XCII. In practice however these agreements varied in effectiveness and in Spain and Portugal the illegal trade persisted. In Britain slavery itself was only abolished in 1833. The Acts also detail the swift progress of the industrial revolution as well as evidence of the growing pains of a rapidly changing society. One of the earliest inventions mentioned in this collection is found in an Act encouraging John Harrison to make more available his invention of the marine chronometer vol. V. This was a crucial step in the British Government's mission to increase the ease and efficiency of ocean travel. A great number of Acts offering rewards for discoveries and the conducting of experiment in this vein were passed by Parliament the last being in 1818 vol. XCI. Another important invention that finds direct reference in the Acts is James Watt's steam engine vol. XXII. This machine was the centrepiece of the British industrial revolution allowing for the automation of many tasks previously found to be slow and laborious. Watt's invention allowed manufactured goods to be produced much faster and in much greater quantities. Textiles were one manufacture greatly improved by the advent of steam power however this was not the view of all. This set contains a number of punitive acts aimed to curb the Luddite movement that set about breaking machines and burning mills primarily in the North of England. The 1812 Frame Breaking Act vol. LXXVII declared the interfering with and destruction of mechanised looms a hangable offence. Shortly followed by two more dissuasive Acts the revolt was quelled and the handloom weavers and many other craftsmen of the old order were put out of work. Each regnal year is fully accounted for save the two months of George the III's final Parliament which actually became George IV's first in 1820. Occasionally Acts are missing and unaccounted for by the Table or list of contents that accompanies most years these omissions would have been made at the point of binding these volumes and often betray a Scottish interest in retaining acts relevant to Scotland whilst removing those that are not. Beyond these great narratives this collection is filled with thousands of Acts worthy of closer inspection. This list includes more famous acts such as the two Acts concerning Napoleon's confinement to the Island of St Helena vol. LXXXVII and the Regency Act vol. LXXVI in which the ailing King finally cedes power to his son the later George IV. However lowlier Acts such as those concerning parish organisation and land taxation are filled with fascinating tables charts oaths street-plans exemplar registers and lottery tickets. Every Act reveals something new of King George III's long reign and offers a vivid glimpse into the daily workings of government and society during a period of extraordinary change. This collection offers a panoramic view of King George III's sixty year reign. Reading through these Acts the scale and pace of the changing world of this early region of modernity is palpable revealing an empire continually reshaped by conflict commerce and the first stirrings of industrial power. A five hundred and seventy-four page list of the titles of each Act of Parliament contained in this collection is available upon request. London, 1760-1819. hardcover
