£688
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 694
Auction: 13 July 2022 at 11:00 BST
Charles the First and Charles the Second:
1) The Acts made in the First Parliament of our Most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the First. Edinburgh: re-printed by Andrew Anderson, 1674. D1 repaired [ESTC R215677: 7 copies world-wide];
2) Laws and Acts past in the Second Session of the First Parliament of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1662. [ESTC R38219];
3) Third Session of the First Parliament, of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1663. [ESTC R183990; includes 'Act discharging the mixing of tin with lead'; 'Act concerning beggars and vagabonds', etc.];
4) Act Rescinding Two Acts, past in the Last Session of Parliament: the one for Excepting of Persons from Publick Trust; and the Other for Voting the same by Billets. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1663. Black letter [ESTC R226210: one copy only: Huntington];
5) Act of the Convention of Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland ... for a Free and Voluntar [sic] Offer of a Taxation. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1665. [ESTC R214400: 8 copies];
6) Act of the Convention of Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland ... for New and Voluntary Offer to His Majesty, of Seventy Two Thousand Pounds. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1667. Holes in final leaf [ESTC R230198: 7 copies);
7) The Laws and Acts of the Second Parliament, of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1670. Worming in gutter [ESTC R217067; includes 'Act for annexation of Orknay and Zetland to the Crown'];
8) Articles, for Regulating of the Judicatories, etc. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1670. [ESTC R222486: 17 copies];
9) Laws and Acts past in the Second Session of the Second Parliament, of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1670. Repair to pp. 15/16 [ESTC R38220];
10) Laws and Acts past in the Third Session of the Second Parliament, of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: His Majesties Printers, 1672. [ESTC R217583: 10 copies; includes 'Act discharging the importation of Irish victual'; 'Act for the Retouring of Taxt-Marriages'; 'Act for establishing Correction-houses for Idle Beggars and Vagabonds', etc.];
11) Laws and Acts past in the Fourth and Last Session of the Second Parliament of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: His Majestie's Printers, 1674. [ESTC R215686: 9 copies; includes acts on brandy, apparel, tobacco];
woodcut title-vignettes, headpieces and initials throughout (many historiated), folio, contemporary calf, rebacked;
William and Mary:
1. The Acts and Orders of the Meeting of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland, holden and begun at Edinburgh the 14 Day of March 1689. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1690, without T2 (blank?) [ESTC R183956: 13 copies];
2) The Laws and Acts made in the Fourth Session of the First Parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraigns William and Mary. Edinburgh: heir of Andrew Anderson, 1693. With advertisement leaf (pi1), [ESTC R33755: 16 copies)];
3) The Laws and Acts made in the Fifth Session of the First Parliament. Edinburgh, 1659 [i.e. 1695]. With [8] pp. at end (not [5] as in ESTC) [ESTC R38891: 8 copies];
4) The Laws and Acts made in the Sixth Session of the First Parliament. Edinburgh, 1696. [ESTC R483071: 2 copies];
5) The Laws and Acts made in the Seventh Session of the First Parliament. Edinburgh, 1698 [ESTC R30548];
6) Eight [sic] and Ninth Sessions of the First Parliament of ... William. Edinburgh, 1701. Final leaf loose [ESTC T78530: 12 copies];
woodcut title-vignettes, headpieces and initials throughout (many historiated), folio, front cover absent, rear cover detached (2)
Provenance: The Late Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1952-2020).