Calendars of the Ancient Charters, And of the Welch and Scotish Rolls.
A Notable Collection of Early English, Welsh and Scottish Records Ayloffe, Sir Joseph [1709-1781]. Calendars of the Ancient Charters, And of the Welch and Scotish Rolls, Now Remaining in the Tower of London: Also Calendars of All the Treaties of Peace Entered Into by the Kings of England with Those of Scotland; And of Sundry Letters and Public Instruments Relating to that Kingdom, Now in the Chapter-House at Westminster. Together With Catalogues of the Records Brought to Berwick from the Royal Treasury at Edinburgh; Of Such as Were Transmitted to the Exchequer at Westminster, And of Those Which were Removed to Different Parts of Scotland by Order of King Edward I. The Proceedings Relating to the Carrying Back the Records of Scotland into that Kingdom; And the Transactions of the Parliament There from the 15th of May 1639, To the 8th of March 1650. To Which Are Added Memoranda Concerning the Affairs Of Ireland, Extracted From The Tower Records. With Four Copper Plates, Exhibiting all the Various Hands in which the Several Charters have been Written, From the Reign of King William the Conqueror to that of Queen Elizabeth. To the Whole is Prefixed an Introduction, Giving Some Account of the State of the Public Records from the Conquest to the Present Time. London: Printed for Benjamin White, At Horace's Head, In Fleet Street, 1774. [ii], lxx, [2], 462, [32] pp. Four copperplate facsimiles of documents bound before p. 1, four woodcut facsimiles of seals on pp. 348 and 349. Complete. Quarto (11-1/4" x 8-3/4"; 29 x 22 cm). Later (late nineteenth-century?) three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt title to spine, top-edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to exterior, light wear to extremities, some scuffing to spine, head of spine and corners bumped. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing and soiling, small clean tears to edges of a few leaves not affecting text. A very good copy. $350. * Second edition, a reissue of the first edition (1772) with a cancel title page. Praised in Cooper's Account of the Most Important Public Records of Great Britain (1832), this notable collection has an interesting introduction on the history of the public records and four handsome copperplate facsimiles of documents. English Short-Title Catalogue T10598.
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