J. 244
Bohun’s debates, reports &c on the election of members.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 428, as above.
BOHUN,
William.
A Collection of debates, reports, orders, and resolutions, of the House of Commons, touching the right of electing members
to serve in Parliament, for the several counties, cities, burroughs, and towns corporate, in England and Wales: together with
several ancient charters, and extracts, out of Domesday-Book, and other records, relating to the said right. By William Bohun, of the Middle-Temple Esq . . .
London: printed for
Bernard Lintott, and sold by
Joshua Lintott, n.d. [c.
1700.]
JN1051 1702
Folio. Should have 183 leaves in twos; this copy lacks 14 leaves: sig Tt-Zz (pp. 161-180) and Ffff, Gggg (pp. 293-300); publisher’s
advertisements on 3 pages at the end.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 117, 2.
Not in the STC.
Old calf, now enclosed in a slip case. The first two leaves torn across, the text not damaged. Initialled by Jefferson at
sig. I and T. On a flyleaf at the beginning are manuscript notes in an early hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
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Debates of the Irish commons.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 230, as above.
[CALDWELL,
Sir James.]
Debates relative to the affairs of Ireland; in the years 1763 and 1764. Taken by a Military Officer . . . To which are added,
An enquiry how far the restrictions laid upon the trade of Ireland, by British Acts of Parliament, are a benefit or disadvantage
to the British Dominions in general, and to England in particular, for whose separate advantage they were intended. With extracts
of such parts of the statutes as lay the trade of Ireland under those restrictions. Volume I [-II].
London:
m.dcc.lxvi
. [1766.]
DA947 .C3
2 vol. 8vo. 211 and 239 leaves, continuous pagination and signatures; the text ends on page 741 in volume II, and is followed
by 12 leaves of Contents and Index, unpaged, and one leaf of errata; on page [743] begins An Enquiry how far the restrictions
laid upon the trade of Ireland . . . with caption title.
Halkett and Laing II, 17.
Jefferson’s copy is no longer extant. A copy in the Library of Congress is inscribed on the title-page:
The Gift of the Author. S
r. James Caldwell
.
Sir James Caldwell, 3rd baronet of Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, and Count of Milan of the Holy Roman Empire (the latter title conferred
by Maria Theresa).
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Parliamentary debates of 1790.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 224, as above.
The History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons during the first session of the seventeenth Parliament
of Great Britain.
London:
J. Stockdale,
1791.
8vo. 402 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.
Contains the Debates from November 30, 1790, to June 10, 1791.
Jefferson bought his copy from Stockdale.
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