Standing Orders for the House of Lords, 1660-1767.
Standing Orders for the House of Lords [Manuscript]. [Parliament]. [GreatBritain]. Remembrances for Order and Decency to be Kept in the Upper House of Parliament by the Lords when His Majesty is Not There Leaving the Solemnity Belonging to His Majesty's Coming to be Marshall'd by Those Lords to Whom it More Properly Appertains. [London]: c.1767. [111] pp., [9] blank, [7] pp. index, [3] blank pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary gilt-paneled morocco, gilt royal arms to boards, gilt library seal to front board, raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering piece to spine, gilt tooling to board edges, gilt dentelles to inner boards, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards, front board detached along with front free endpaper, rear board separating but secured by cords, moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to spine ends and lettering piece, corners bumped and worn, ownership signature (David Murray, Glasgow) to verso of front free endpaper. Text with side notes in a single neat hand within red-ruled borders. Light toning to interior, small spots and smudges to a few leaves, internally clean. $650. * These standing orders, listing a variety of regulations for the proceedings of the House of Lords, are dated from June 9, 1660 to May 11, 1767. Topics include appropriate conduct for members when the king is present, procedures for trials of peers and the prevention of quarrels. The orders were read aloud at the beginning of each session, and the clerk produced copies for peers for a fee. David Murray [1842-1928] was a Scottish lawyer, antiquarian and bibliophile who amassed one of Scotland's finest private libraries.
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