£938
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair | 683
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Act of the Town Council of Edinburgh, for incouraging People to Clean the Streets of this City. Edinburgh, April 2nd 1719, folio, [not on ESTC], partly dust-soiled; Edinburgh Town Council Act of Council against Unfree Traders. Edinburgh, February 29th 1729. Broadside, [ESTC T19153: 4 copies UK, 2 N. America], slightly ragged at head, partly split at fold without loss; Edinburgh Town Council At Edinburgh the Thirty Day of July One thousand seven hundred and twenty nine. The which day, the Dean of Gild and his Council having considered how much the streets of Edinburgh is interruped and straitened by the Red, Rubbish, Stones &c., 1 sheet, [not on ESTC]; Edinburgh Town Council Act of Council, anent Fleshes to be brought to the Market. Edinburgh, 31st October 1722. 2 copies printed recto on one folded sheet, [not on ESTC]; Edinburgh Town Council Memorial for several of the Merchants Burgesses and of the Corporations of the Crafts of the good Town of Edinburgh, against the pretended Magistrates of the said City. November 15th 1721. 8pp, folio, folded as issued, first page dust-soiled, [ESTC T220511 - Aberdeen University Library only]; Edinburgh Town Council A State of the Town of Edinburgh's Debt, as it will stand at Lammas 1724. [Edinburgh?, 1721], 4pp., folio, [ESTC T180001 -Aberdeen University Library & NLS], a few small holes with loss of a few letters; Edinburgh Town Council Orders set down by the Lord Provost, Baillies and Council of Edinburgh, to be observed by the Constables, in Discharge of their Offices within this City, and Liberties thereof. Edinburgh, Jan 16, 1727, folio, 2pp., [ESTC T220370, Aberdeen University Library & NLS], slightly dust-soiled; Edinburgh Town Council The Petition of the Dean of Guild of the City of Edinburgh and his Council. Feb. 14th 1721, folio, 2 pp., split at fold without loss; Edinburgh Town Council Act of the Town Council of Edinburgh, discharging Incroachments on the Avenues of the said City and Suburbs. Edinburgh, third of May 1727, Broadside. [ESTC T19172], folio, split at fold without loss (9)
Provenance: Seemingly from the personal collection of Robert Mein; see other items relating to him and Edinburgh Council in this sale.