An Essay Upon the Original Authority of the King's Council: Grounded..
Authorial Presentation Copy to John Rickman Esq Palgrave, Francis. An Essay Upon the Original Authority of the King's Council: Grounded Upon a Report Presented to the Honourable the Commissioners on the Public Records, November 1822, in Order to Explain the Nature and Importance of the Antient Parliamentary Petitions, as Materials for the Constitutional History of England. London: Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom, 1834. xvi, 144 pp. Later black cloth, rebacked with gilt morocco spine label, Front and rear cover gilt stamped with the Birmingham Law Society name on insignia. Moderately worn. Some scuffing to corners and front gilt title. Author's presentation inscription "John Rickman Esq/ with the author's/ respects/ F.P" to title page. Ex-library with property stamp to title and two others pages, otherwise internally clean. $350. * This work explores the historical role and power of the King's Council in England. It focuses on the origins of the King's Council and investigates the initial authority of this body in English governance. It emphasizes the significance of ancient Parliamentary petitions as primary sources to understand England's constitutional history. Palgrave's work is considered a significant resource for studying the development of English constitutional history. This copy was inscribed by the author to John Rickman Esq", the highly-influential political operative and wide-ranging British intellectual John Rickman, Esq., F.R.S. (1771-1840). As a statistician and public servant, Rickman was widely honoured. He was elected FRS in 1815 and an honorary member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1835. In 1820 Oxford University awarded him an honorary LLD, and in 1833 he was elected an honorary member of the Societe Francaise de Statistique Universelle. Francis Palgrave, born Francis Ephraim Cohen, (1788-1861) was an English archivist, historian and author. He was Deputy Keeper of the Public Record Office from its foundation in 1838 until his death, (Chambers Cyclopedia).
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