The Order and Manner of the Sitting of the Lords Spirituall and...
Members of the Third Parliament of Charles I [Great Britain]. [Parliament]. The Order and Manner of the Sitting of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall, As Peeres of the Realme, In the Higher House of Parliament, According to Their Dignities, Offices, And Degrees, Some Other Called Thither for Their Assistance, And Officers of Their Attendances. And Also the Names of the Knights for the Counties, Citizens, Burgesses for the Boroughs, And Barons for the Ports for the House of Commons, For this Parliament. London: Printed for Thomas Walkly, 1628. [24] pp. Quarto (7" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later marbled boards, fragments of lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, joints cracked. Moderate toning to interior, faint dampstaining, trimming to bottom-edge with loss to many catchwords, minor worming to foot of last five leaves affecting text without loss to legibility, crack in text block after title page. $450. * Only edition. A list of the members of the third Parliament of Charles I, including Edward Coke, John Selden, Oliver Cromwell, Robert Cotton, John Eliot, John Hampden and John Pym. This Parliament is most notable for its passage of the Petition of Right, the landmark constitutional document enumerating individual rights against the state. OCLC locates 7 copies of this title in North America, 1 in a law library (Library of Congress). English Short-Title Catalogue S114360.
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