£325
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 694
Auction: 13 July 2022 at 11:00 BST
in the more timely answering, better husbanding, and more orderly and safe conduct of the Revenues of the Crown into his Majesties Coffers, as hath been heretofore used by Sheriffes. London: Thomas Harper, to be sold by Matth. Walbanke, Lau. Chapman, Wil. Cooke and Ric. Best, 1642. First edition, 12mo, [viii], 118, [ii], errata leaf at end laid down with loss of corners (no loss of text), late 18th or early 19th century calf, library stamp on title and bookplate on endpaper of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland, rubbed, upper cover detached, early ownership inscription 'John Dunston' on verso of title, a few early annotations in the margin [ESTC R5970, 21 copies UK, 12 N. America, 1 France, 1 Australia]