J. 209
Gurdon’s history of parliament.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 202, as above.
GURDON,
Thornhagh.
The History of the High Court of Parliament, its antiquity, preheminence and authority; and the History of Court Baron and
Court Leet . . . Volume the first [-second].
London: printed for
R. Knaplock and
J. Tonson,
m dcc xxxi.
[1731.]
JN505 .G8
First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. I. 151 leaves including the last blank; II. 199 leaves. The dedication to Sir John Wodehouse signed
Thornhagh Gurdon; the list of authors made use of on 11 pages at the beginning of vol. I; the errata slip pasted down at the foot of the eleventh
page. The title for the
History of Court Baron and Court Leet on Q
6 in vol. II.
Old calf, repaired, gilt back, marbled edges and endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in vol. I and at sig. I and
T in vol. II. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Thornhagh Gurdon, 1663-1733, English antiquary.
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J. 210
Arcana parliamentaria.
1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 54, as above, 12mo.
C., R.
Arcana Parliamentaria: or precedents concerning elections, proceedings, privileges, and punishments in Parliament. Faithfully
collected out of the common and statute-law of this realm. With particular quotations of the authors in each case. By R. C. of the Middle Temple, Esq; to which is added, the authority, form, and manner of holding parliaments. By the learned Sir
Tho. Smith, Doctor of Laws.
London: printed for
M. Gilliflower,
1685.
JN534 1685 .A8
First Edition. 12mo. 60 leaves: A-E
12; A catalogue of the authors and books made use of on the verso of the first leaf, recto blank.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
STC C97.
Hazlitt IV, 426.
Old calf, repaired. A manuscript Index in a contemporary hand on two original fly-leaves at the beginning, and the name R. Corbin on the title-page.
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i. S[COBELL,] H[
enry].
Memorials of the method and manner of proceedings in Parliament in passing bills. Together with several rules & customs, which
by long and constant practice have obtained the name of orders of the House. Gathered by observation, and out of the Journal
Books from the time of Edward 6. By H.S.E. C.P.
London: printed in the year
1670.
60 leaves: A-E
12.
Halkett and Laing IV, 62.
This edition not in Hazlitt.
STC S924.
Henry Scobell, d. 1660. The first edition of this work, which was reprinted several times, appeared in 1656. The initials on the title-page
stand for Henry Scobell Esquire Clerk of the Parliament.
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