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1801réf. 45238Brooklyn: Thomas Kirk 1801. A Rare Brooklyn Imprint Scarce and interesting Brooklyn imprint bound here in a nice contemporary binding with the Psalms following the devotional text not always found in all copies. 624pp. Contemporary tree calf gilt. Extremities lightly worn. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Light scattered foxing. Very good. SHAW& SHOEMAKER 1196 184. GRIFFITHS BROOKLYN IMPRINTS 1801/16. unknown
1778réf. 44871London: Henry Fenwick 1778. The county of Middlesex essentially London was the heart of radical politics in England at the time of the Revolution and the greatest pro-American feeling was found in the merchants and working classes of the metropolis. The colonists often appealed directly to Middlesex for support. These works contain petitions relating to the American colonies dating from June 1774 to March 1778 including petitions regarding the Quebec Act in which the people express their concern over the encroachment of Catholicism and French influence in the colony. Likewise it includes the text of a letter from John Hancock to the mayor of London dated September 1775 expressing a hope for peace between Britain and the colonies. Adams notes that these two titles are often found bound together sometimes with other publications of the Council. The petition of the freeholders of Middlesex County concerns the John Wilkes case. Wilkes ran for Parliament and was elected as a radical candidate for Middlesex but was arrested and imprisoned shortly thereafter for seditious libel. Wilkes spoke out against the British war against the American colonies and his opposition to the Crown was a rallying point for the American cause. Contemporary calf spine gilt leather label. Boards heavily worn head and foot of spine chipped. Very minor scattered foxing. Good plus. In a brown half morocco and cloth slipcase. ESTC T108621 T108605 T43921. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 78-65. hardcover
1848réf. 016745St. Louis: St. Louis Court of Common Pleas 1848. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. Tall folio. Large broadside 11-3/4" x 18-1/4" announcing an auction. It reads "Sheriff's Sale! Jonathan W. King Daniel W. Corwin and William M. Cones Partners &c. vs. John Abbott and John C. Chadwick. Attachment in the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas returnable to Sep't Term 1848 of said Court. No. 184 to said term. By authority of an order of sale made by the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas on the 20th day of September 1848 ordering and directing the undersigned late Sheriff of the county of St. Louis to sell the property attached in the above entitled cause in the manner prescribed by law. I will on Tuesday the 10th day of October next between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon of that day at the State Tobacco Warehouse on corner of Washington Av. and Sixth street sell the said attached property to the highest bidder for cash pursuant to said order of sale which said property consists of the following articles of Dry Goods to wit: 1 piece Black Coburg; 2 pieces Mode do.; 3 Embroidered Delane Shawls; 1 Black Berage Shawl; 2 Thibet Wool do; 1 Delane Mode do.; 1 Black Embroidered do.; 1 Satin Stripe Berage do.; 6 Doz Thimbles silvered; 1 piece Florence Silk; 1 do. Black Cotton Lace; 1 do. do. do. do.; 1 do. White Silk do.; 1 Box Laces; 1 do. do.; Ladies' Gloves Silk Picknit and Cotton; Lot Embroidered handkerchiefs; Braid; Gents' Gloves Silk and Cotton; Buttons; Velvet Ribbon; Tuck Combs; Coat Binding; Lot Berage Dress Shawls; Lot Cravats for Ladies; Swiss Muslins; and 1 Black Leather Trunk. Samuel Conway Late Sheriff. St. Louis Sep't. 1848." Folded into 10 sections with some wear to folds; several small tears at edges. Minor foxing throughout; two minor water-stain marks in margin just touching text each about 2 square inches. Ephemera Broadsides Western Americana. St. Louis Court of Common Pleas Paperback
1574réf. 096271Excusum Londini: by Thomas Vautrollerius per assignationem Francisci Floræ 1574. STC 16427. A revised translation by Walter Haddon of the first prayer book of Edward VI.At foot of title: Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis. Calendar printed in red and black. Liber Psalmorum Davidis prophetae et regis. ." has separate title page with date 1574 on leaf 2A4r. In this issue leaf 2P3r lacks colophon. Another issue STC 16427 has colophon: Londini excudebat Thomas Vautrollerius. 1574. Book measures 6 x 4 inches. 28 299 leaves engraved title page. Bound in full leather. Professionally rebound not recently retaining most of the leather from the original or early top board calf light rubbed some loss of leather on corner of top board. Generally a very good clean firm binding. Internally small abrasion hole on margin of title page minor repair to inner margin of title page early annotaion in ink partially erased on verso of title some light browning to edges of about 10 pages. Pages in very good clean condition throughout. A very nice copy. Full Leather. Very Good. Small 8vo. by Thomas Vautrollerius] per assignationem Francisci Floræ Hardcover
1822réf. 172514Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co. printers to the University; and sold by Edward Gardner and by Messrs. Whittaker London; H. Mozley Derby; and by Messrs. Wilson York 1822. Splendidly bound A very attractive large-format Prayer Book for lectern use in a resplendent sunburst binding composed of red morocco onlays and richly gilt. Folio 485 x 292 mm. Contemporary black straight-grain morocco spine lettered and tooled in gilt red and green morocco onlays to form sunburst on covers with gilt flames angels stars and cross centrepiece all within gilt and blind floral frame marbled endpapers gilt edges. Late-19th-century family register of the Powell family to rear and front free endpapers early correction of King George to William coronated 1830 and the queen to Queen Adelaide on relevant prayers. A few scratches to rear cover crease to title page slight spotting leaves 3D1 and 2 adhered together. A very good copy. unknown
2005réf. 106287United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - 320 pages; 6 x 9 inches -- REVIEW: "In Principles of the Common Law Dr. Michael Arnheim has written a fascinating and commonsensical discussion of issues crucial to the well being of the law. He displays well-honed analytical skills particularly in dissecting the trend toward judicial and scholarly activism that threatens the integrity of the law in England and America." -- Judge Robert H. Bork Former U. S. Solicitor General and Former Acting Attorney General of the United States and a Former U. S. Court of Appeals Judge. -- DESCRIPTION: This is the only currently available book to identify explain analyze and discuss some of the most important and controversial principles of the common law of England. Among the many questions addressed here are: Is the common law based on principles or not If so what are they and where do they come from Can judges make up principles Are logic and reason still principles of the law Does the European Union law enjoy higher law status Does human rights law enjoy higher law status With the great emphasis today placed on rights does the old principle still hold true that "Where there's a right there's a remedy" What has happened to the doctrine "Nobody shall profit from his own wrongdoing" And what about the human rights supposedly guaranteed by the European Convention This book focuses on two: individual liberty and freedom of expression. Michael Arnheim addresses these questions and also examines practical principles which can make all the difference to for example the validity of a will the interpretation of a contract or the outcome of a claim in negligence or administrative law. Written is a straightforward easily accessible style and drawing on recent cases such as those involving Tony Martin Naomi Campbell Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones this book will be illuminating to practicing lawyers and students alike. -- with a bonus offer--; 520-Arnhe; Arnheim Michael T. W. Principles Of The Common Law In Principles of the Common Law Dr. Michael Arnheim has written a fascinating and commonsensical discussion of issues crucial to the well being of the law. He displays well-honed analytical skills par . 2005. 0715633724 . Duckworth Pub hardcover
1971réf. 37111New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE - Front cover missing; else flawless -- with a bonus offer--; T-Niejowi; Nietzsche Frederich; translated By Common Thomas; Poetry Versions By Cohn Paul V. & Petre Maude D.; introduction By Reinhardt Kurt F. Joyful Wisdom . 1971. 0804466076 . Frederick Ungar Publishing Company paperback
réf. GD013479okBC2S4Church of England Church of England. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites of the Church. England probably Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ca. 1840's-1850's. Small 12mo contemporary blind stamped brown calf with a brass clasp lettering on upper cover includes the word "Knowledge" apparently part of the stamp of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Title and preliminnary leaves wanting binding heavily rubbed and worn with loss along spine and joints clasp remaining scattered handling wear staining and small edge losses internally. Front board almost detached. A well used field copy. The Crimean War prayer book of John Matthews of the 21st Royal North British Fusiliers with extensive manuscript inscriptions locating him at the British camp before Sebastopol and at Scutari. Matthews records himself on an endleaf as "John Matthews No. 4 Company/21st R.N.B. Fusiliers/Camp before Sebastopol/4th Division." Elsewhere he signs the volume variously as "Private 21st Regt" and Corpl. J. Matthews 21st Fusiliers." A particulary evocative ownership verso reads in part "John Matthews is my name and England is my nation/Crimea is my dwelling place and Christ is my salvation" followed by the traditional lines asking that the little book remember him after his death. Additional manuscript entries include "Scutari Bk. Hosp./Near Constantinople" apparently referring to the Barrack Hosiptal at Scutari together with a list of Crimean locations and actions: "Alma" "Inkerman" "Balaclava"and "Sebastopol." The 21st Royal North British Fusiliers served with the 4th Division in the Crimea and participated in the principal operations of the campaign. An unusually personal surviving devotional object from the Crimean War: a soldiers pocket Book of Common Prayer carried and repeatedly inscribed during the campaign with direct contemporary references to Sebastopol Scutari and the major battles of the war. The partial SPCK blind stamp is particularly appropriate the Society having distributed Prayer Books among British servicemen during the period. Lacking title page and therefore without a securely identifiable imprint or edition; date and SPCK attribution based on binding topography and surviving cover lettering. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Church of England Hardcover
1811réf. 222637Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press 1811. With fore-edge painting. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary full blue straight-grained morocco sides with gilt cathedral borders gilt-stamped cornerpieces marbled endpapers a.e.g. Handsome binding. Bookplate of J. Powell Powell. With fore-edge painting. 1 vols. 4to. Beautiful and unusually elegant binding decorated with a fine painting of a cathedral along the fore-edge. Printed at the Clarendon Press unknown
1805réf. 45237Philadelphia. 1805. Early Philadelphia Edition with Engravings An early edition of the Episcopalian Book of Common Prayer illustrated with engravings by Benjamin Tanner after Robert Smirke. The Psalms follow the devotional text. 280452295pp. plus seven plates and 6pp. subscribers list. Contemporary red roan gilt spine gilt extra. Extremities worn boards lightly scuffed. Ownership inscriptions on front fly leaf. Light foxing and toning to text. Good. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9205. hardcover
1717réf. D19721London: John Baskett for John Sturt 1717. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 196x122 mm contemporary red morocco elaborately gilt-tooled to all-over pattern of floral and ornamental tools rebacked retaining most of worn original backstrip endpapers renewed. Volvelle on page v supplied in facsimile. xxii 166 pages; lacks the final ad leaf. Text and numerous illustrations entirely engraved throughout by John Sturt including micrographic portrait of George I double portrait of the Prince and Princess of Wales and different historiated or ornamental border on each page. 19th-century German owners' inscriptions on front endleaf. John Baskett for John Sturt hardcover
1960réf. BBS-2025020Associated British Picture Corporation 1960. Loose Leaf. Very Good. Three-leaf three page typed report concerning the adaptation potential of Jackson's 'The Haunting of Hill House' for the screen. ABPC reader Jack Common regards the novel particularly its end as 'unsatisfactory.' He also regards the ending as 'fatal' for a filmmaker 'with no real story to back him up' a 'cheat' on the audience. 'So no recommendation.' The Haunting of Hill House was successfully adapted in 1963 by director Robert Wise and had multiple subsequent adaptations for film theater radio and television. 'Received' stamped to first page dated 19 Sep 1960. Small crinkles to top edges consistent with previous presence of a paperclip. Small pencil note to blank verso of last page. Tiny perforations along left-hand margins of all three pages serving as a delicate binding. Age-toned; very good. Associated British Picture Corporation unknown
1717réf. 71427Oxford: imprimé par Jean Baskett imprimeur du Roi 1717. A pretty bilingual Book of Common Prayer An attractive early Georgian binding for this bilingual BCP. "A reissue of the French-English 1717 'Book of common prayer' with a new title page and preliminaries in French added before the original parallel French and English title pages and slight resetting by removal of ornaments in the direction lines" ESTC. In this copy the French title appears first followed by the French prelims and the English title precedes the text. Octavo 195 x 120 mm. Ruled in red throughout; double columns parallel English and French text. Contemporary black morocco spine divided in six compartments by raised bands compartments divided saltire-wise with dotted rules with tulip-head tools and dots sides gilt with a central lozenge built up of massed tools enclosed by an outer lozenge of rolls and flower-heads cornerpieces outer French fillet in gilt turn-ins gilt with floral roll comb-marbled endpapers gilt edges. An attractive copy with a little expert furbishment repairs to head and joints corners consolidated gilt retouched internally clean. A very good royal-ruled copy. hardcover
1615réf. 017241London: Robert Barker 1615. Three works in one volumes. 1. The book of common prayer. And administration of the sacraments Imrinted at London. By Robert Barker. London. 1615. ESTC.S93853. Signatures a12b8a8c-n8o10p8q6 complete. 2. The Psalter of Psalmes of David after the translation of the great bible. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker. London. 1613. Signatures complete a-r8 3. The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins. Printed for the Company of Stationers.1618. Signature a-p6q2 lacking q34 2 leaves. The first 2 works complete third work lacking 2 leaves. Book measures 27x19.cm. Bound in reverse calf. At some time the book has been rebacked retaining the original panelled boards raised bands leather label. Some minor wear on edges. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally 3 previous owners bookplates one being a institutional library label no stamps or marks to text. Pages very clean. A very nice copy. F . Full Calf. Very Good Plus. Large 8vo. Robert Barker Hardcover
1605réf. 097215London: Robert Baker 1605. Book measures 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Titles. The Book of Common Prayer. The Psalter. Both printed by Robert Baker. Printed in the year 1605. First title page printed in red & black second in black. Signatures A1Hh8 in 8s slightly erratic signatures but follow on correct. Bound with The whole booke of Psalmes: collected into English meeter by tho. Sternh. Ioh. Hopkins and others: conferred with the hebrue with apt notes to sing them withall.for the Companie of Stacioners. London. 1606. Signatures A1M8 in 8s. Second edition. Both works printed in black letter. Bound in later full tree calf note on endpaper states 1882 raised bands gilt lines and centre stamp gilt lines on boards leather title label inner dentelles marble endpapers. Calf lightly rubbed on joints and edges. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally Loss of about 1inch on top margin of a5 including some text loss of part of margin and some text on x5 . Early previous owners name date 16591776 on top and bottom margin of title page. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice copy in a very attractive binding. . Full-Leather. Very Good. 8vo. Robert Baker Hardcover
1794réf. C3188A splendid copy of the Good and Harding Book of Common Prayer in a striking masonic binding by John Lovejoy. The London bookbinder John Lovejoy fl. c. 1781–1812 is known by his distinctive Masonic bindings employing an array of Masonic tools often arranged in striking compositions. He was himself a Mason from around 1791 until 1812. His practices as an employer however earned him a certain notoriety among binders and the nickname 'the Tyrant': as a journeyman in 1781 he advocated a reduction in the working day from fourteen to thirteen hours but when a master binder he bitterly opposed such a change and was among the employers who prosecuted the leaders of the 1786 strike. Although it is accepted that Lovejoy was not as previously thought the only binder using Masonic motifs close comparison of the tools with other examples of his work suggests this binding to be his. Good and Harding's 1794 Common Prayer appeared in two settings one octavo and the other a splendid large quarto as here. The fine series of stipple-engravings shows both biblical and liturgical scenes including several by Federico Bartolozzi and Luigi Schiavonetti after Thomas Stothard and Silvester Harding. The plates are variously dated between 1791 the date of the dedication and 1794 suggesting the work was several years in progress and perhaps issued in parts; copies are rarely seen with all fifteen engravings. ESTC T88819; for Lovejoy see Ramsden London Bookbinders 1780-1840 pl. XIX; and Howe & Childe The Society of London Bookbinders 1780-1950. Large 4to 278 x 226 mm pp. xxviii 634 2 63 1 blank 176 with engraved dedication dated 23 July 1791 and 15 stipple-engraved plates by various artists; with part-titles stipple-engraved head-piece vignette to p. 1; a few signatures heavily spotted otherwise a very good copy; in contemporary green straight-grained morocco by Lovejoy borders gilt with masonic tools between swags of 3 foliate tools outer borders roll-tooled in gilt spine gilt in compartments lettered directly in one others with central Sun tool winged Asclepian staff as corner-pieces arranged with stars points fleurons and heads board edges turn-ins and morocco hinges roll-tooled in gilt edges gilt endbands sewn in red white and green on 2 cores ribbon place-markers marbled endpapers; a few minor scuffs and marks very short split to upper joint lower corners lightly bumped neatly retouched at extremities nonetheless very well-preserved; early ink ownership inscriptions 'Elizabeth Tynell' to front free endpaper verso and 'John Smith' to front flyleaf. Millar Ritchie for J. Good and E. Harding
1641réf. 371384London: Robert Barker printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie and by the Assignes of John Bill 1641. Title within woodcut border. Text in two columns. 104pp. 8vo. Nineteenth-century full dark red morocco stamped in gilt. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers with GTS bookplates on first pastedown. Pages cropped. Autograph initials on title page with additional ownership inscription on A3. Title within woodcut border. Text in two columns. 104pp. 8vo. This compact Book of Common Prayer was published during a period of particularly fractious religious tumult just prior to the start of the First English Civil War which was fueled in part by what was seen as King Charles I's pro-Catholic sympathies exemplified by his implementation of a more ceremonial sacramental version of High Anglicanism. Some of these contentious changes - as well the disquiet fomented by them - are alluded to in the Preface and "Of Ceremonies Why Some Be abolished and some retained" all of which follow "An Act for the Uniformitie of Common Prayer" on A2-A3. "Cum privilegio" printed at the foot of the title page. A gift to the General Theological Seminary from the then-Dean of Trinity Cathedral George McCormick. ESTC R37432; Griffiths Common Prayer 1641:5; Wing B3612A Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie, and by the Assignes of John Bill unknown
1794réf. 231248New York: Hugh Gaine 1794. hardcover. good. according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. 364 171 5 pp. Thick 18mo contemporary calf spine and edges of corners worn corners bumped endpapers and title page lightly soiled some pages with very light foxing. New-York: By direction of the General Convention printed by Hugh Gaine 1794. In 1789 the Episcopal Church of the United States approved the use of text starting in 1790. It remained in use for the next 102 years. Evans 27577. Ford The Journals of Hugh Gaine Vol. I p. 170. Hugh Gaine unknown
1786réf. 151130Montreal 1786-8. Very good. 7 handwritten documents and one printed document with written insertions. Folds staining chips. 1 Printed broadside dated April 1 and April 21 1786 and July 3 1786 with particulars of case written on recto and written text about judgment on verso. Signed by Edward Southouse as judge Edward William Gray as sheriff and T. Walker. Seal on top left corner. Folds. Stains at edges. 2-4 3 Documents attached two written in French. One French document signed by Languinet and the other dated August 27 1788 signed by Corbin. The latter notes receipt of 13 Louis 17 chelins 10 sols from M. Cairns. Document in English signed by Southouse and J. Beeke clerk April 25 1786. Verso dated January 8 1788. Some splitting. Small piece missing at side with no loss of text. 5 Reasons for Jannet McKay's opposition filed 1787. 8 p. Financial statement of the McKay estate signed by A. Davidson July 9 1787. 6-7 2 p. petition to have debtor appear in court. Signed by Walker for the plaintiff and John Fraser as judge March 20 1786. Affixed to this document is a note in French about the place of residene of Alexander McKay and John Davey signed by Jn Rival March 22 1786. 8 2 p. judgment by Southouse May 16 1786. Judgement in favour of Antrobus for sum of £224 5s 9p plus £8 13s 2p and 5s for the writ. See article from the Quebec Gazette May 18 1786. Antrobus is probably the merchant and office holder of this name in Trois Rivieres. Baptised July 6 1756 in Cockermouth Cumberland married on March 29 1787 in Trois Rivieres to Catherine Cuthbert died May 8 1820 and is buried in Trois Rivieres. He first appears in Quebec Cty in the 1780s as a grocer engaged in a sizable retail trade and engaged in provisioning fisheries and the West Indies. He and other merchants sent flour bread oats and biscuit to Newfoundland and imported fish seal oil and seal skins. One of the best-known merchants in the colony he was prosperous enough to buy land. unknown
réf. 1051London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field 1660. Hardcover. Good. London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field 1660. Octavo. Unpaginated. 744pp. A8-Z8 Aa8-ZZ8 Aaa4. Added engraved title-page lacking. Titles within typographic border & with typographic ornament. Ruled in red. Eighteenth-century green morocco repaired. Darlow & Moule 526; Herbert 669; ESTC B2256. Bound with: The whole book of Psalmes: collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. London: printed for the Companie of Stationers 1661. Octavo. iv 78pp. ESTC R204219; STC 2nd ed. B2437aA and The book of common-prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church . London: printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty 1662. Octavo. Unpaginated. 128pp. A8-H8. ESTC R35356; STC 2nd ed. B3623. London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, 1660. hardcover
réf. 2166London: printed for the Companie of Stationers 1661. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. iv 78pp. Eighteenth-century green morocco repaired. ESTC R204219; STC 2nd ed. B2437aA. Bound with: The Holy Bible Containing The Old Testament And The New: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues And with the former translations diligently Compared and Revised by His Majesties special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field 1660. Octavo. Unpaginated. 744pp. A8-Z8 Aa8--ZZ8 Aaa4. Added engraved title-page lacking. Titles within typographic border & with typographic ornament. Ruled in red. Darlow & Moule 526; Herbert 669; ESTC B2256 and The book of common-prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church . London: printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty 1662. Octavo. Unpaginated. 128pp. A8-H8. ESTC R35356; STC 2nd ed. B3623. London: printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1661. hardcover
1601réf. 3683Salamanca: S.n. 1601. First edition. Signed at foot by a municipal officer Diez de la Puente. One-page contemporary manuscript on p. 3 relating to the administration of the tax. Unbound as issued. Pinholes at gutter some edge chipping and small dents brown stain affecting the upper portion throughout. Otherwise a good well-preserved copy. First edition. Signed at foot by a municipal officer Diez de la Puente. One-page contemporary manuscript on p. 3 relating to the administration of the tax. Unbound as issued. 4 last 2 blank p. Unrecorded 1601 ordinance from Salamanca enforcing the Armada-era servicio de millones Spain’s foundational fiscal levy. Printed ordinance issued by the municipal council of Salamanca implementing the royal tax known as the servicio de los dieciocho millones. In accordance with the royal cédula of 9 February 1601 the Concejo Justicia y Regimiento instructs subordinate towns and villages to collect an eighth part of all wine and olive oil sold to be remitted through a chain of local receivers. The text regulates how wine and oil must be measured recorded and taxed forbids additional repartimientos and orders prompt transfer of funds to the city’s main treasury. Dated at Salamanca 10 March 1601 and naming four municipal commissioners appointed for its execution it represents the earliest stage of local enforcement of Philip III’s fiscal scheme transforming the national levy into a functioning municipal excise. A contemporary handwritten endorsement below the text signed by Diez de la Puente attests its execution. Accompanying the printed ordinance is a contemporary manuscript headed on p. 3 “Dudas que se ofrecen en la administración de las sisas” listing practical questions concerning the execution of the tax—registration and measurement of goods roles of administrators and receivers form of payment penalties and conditions of tax farming arrendamiento. The servicio de los dieciocho millones formed part of the broader system of millones taxes created by the Cortes of Castile to meet the Crown’s desperate financial needs after the prolonged wars of Philip II. The servicio de millones had first been introduced by royal request and approved by the Cortes on 4 April 1590 conceived to raise eight million ducats over six years to finance the royal expenditure associated with the Armada campaign against England and other military commitments. Rather than remaining temporary it evolved into a regular levy on six staple items—wine oil vinegar meat soap and tallow candles—collected through local sisas and eventually forming the backbone of Castile’s fiscal structure. By 1600–1601 under Philip III the scheme was renewed and expanded to eighteen million ducats its collection entrusted to municipal governments such as Salamanca’s Concejo Justicia y Regimiento. As described in Bartolomé Yun Casalilla’s Sobre la transición al capitalismo en Castilla this marked a transition from feudal income to a centralized fiscal system financed through municipal taxation embedding local economies within the machinery of the Habsburg war state. The present ordinance captures this process of consolidation—when the monarchy sought tighter control over municipal revenues demanded proper accounting and remittance of surpluses and aimed to prevent arbitrary over-taxation—reflecting both the fiscal strain and administrative centralization characteristic of early-seventeenth-century Spain. Reference: Yun Casalilla B. 1987. Sobre la transición al capitalismo en Castilla: Economía y sociedad en Tierra de Campos 1500–1830. Valladolid: Junta de Castilla y León Consejería de Educación y Cultura. . [S.n.] unknown
1714réf. 37200London: Printed by John Baskett. Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills Deceased 1714. Engraved title page. Printed in black and red ruled in red. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in full red morocco richly gilt spine six panels raised bands gilt dentelles marbled endpapers a.e.g. Engraved title page. Printed in black and red ruled in red. 1 vols. Folio. Printed by John Baskett. Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, Dece unknown
1831réf. 744141831. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford: Printed at the University Press by S. Collingwood 1831. Folio 12 by 20 inches contemporary full tan morocco rebacked with original spine laid down elaborately gilt-decorated spine and boards black morocco spine label marbled endpapers all edges gilt. $3200.Impressive 1831 Oxford folio edition of the magisterial Book of Common Prayer elegantly bound by Hayday in contemporary full morocco-gilt.Born of Thomas Cranmers desire for liturgical texts upon which all of Europes Protestant English-speaking churches could agree the beautiful and dignified language of the Book of Common Prayer first issued in 1549 has considerably influenced not only ecclesiastical practice but has served as a source of spiritual inspiration for most Englishmen second only to the Bible PMM 75. Beautifully bound by Hayday in contemporary full morocco with elaborately gilt-tooled spine and boards featuring central lozenges built up largely of circles and floral ornaments within decorative frames built up from floral scrolls. Griffiths 1831:8. Presentation inscription.Light rubbing and soiling to binding. A very nearly fine copy handsomely bound. hardcover
1636réf. 371746London: Printed by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: And by the Assignes of John Bill 1636. Title within ornamental border. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in contemporary gold-tooled leather rubbed missing ties. Later marbled endpapers with Myers & Co. sticker rubbed at margins; interior front spine cracked. Ownership signature "John Walker" in pencil on title page with several additional holograph ink notations. Paper flaw on D6 with loss to a few words. Title within ornamental border. 1 vols. 4to. Printed in Roman type double columns. Includes the Whole Book of Psalms printed at the "Universitie of Cambridge" 1634 with a 1635 Apocrypha extracted from a Bible printed by Tho: Buck & Roger Daniel printers to the University of Cambridge. Additionally the fifth line of the heading on B1r has: "reade" while another edition STC 2nd 16404.3 has "read." Provenance: Gift of the Rev. Christina K. Wible. Griffiths 1636 5; Pollard 2nd ed. 16404.4; ESTC S2781 Printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: And by the Assignes of John Bill unknown
