Lot 102
Customs and Excise.
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
A Subsidy granted to the King. Of Tonnage & Poundage, London, J. Bill & C. Barker, 1667, 12mo; Rules and Instructions for the Tare of Goods & Merchandize imported into any Port of England, London, 1667, 12mo, bound with a manuscript guide to duties payable on a range of goods, including wines and food, entitled 'Multum in Parvo: a summary of such penalties & forfeitures... relating to customs & navigation', 12mo, 28p., 3 items bound in one, contemporary olive morocco gilt, gilt edges, original metal clasps, armorial book-label and bookplate of Andre Simon
Footnote
Footnote:Probably a customs officer's (or possibly a merchant's) working rule-book, of the relevant current regulations, with manuscript summary, in an unusually handsome binding.