NAPIER, FRANCIS, 8TH LORD NAPIER
REMEMBRANCES FOR ORDER AND DECENCY
£475
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
to be kept in the Upper House of Parliament by the Lord when His Majesty is not there... manuscript copy of the standing orders of the House of Lords up to 1814, executed in two hands, one probably being that of Francis, 8th Lord Napier (1758-1823), 261 manuscript pages, with additional index, King George {III?} binding in red straight grained morocco gilt with royal crest and G.R. to covers, bookplate of Lord Napier to paste-down endpaper, free-endpaper verso signed 'Napier', 190 x 125mm