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Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey (1614 – 1686). The Privileges of the House of Lords and Commons Argued And Stated, In Two Conferences Between Both Houses ; [on] April 19, and 22, 1671; To Which Is Added A Discourse, Wherein The Rights Of The House Of Lords Are Truly Asserted; With Learned Remarks On The Seeming Arguments, And Pretended Precedents, Offered At That Time Against Their Lordships. London: Printed and Sold by J. Nutt, near Stationers-Hall, 1702. First Edition. pp. 24, 179, 5, [two final leaves being advertisements for additional titles by the printers]. 12mo. Bound in contemporary quarter-brown suede over terracotta boards, gilt lettering to the spine, red speckled page edges, new endpapers. No detectable flaws, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm, sound binding; very good+, to, near fine. Scarce in commerce, our offering being the only extant copy available at time of cataloguing. Corresponds to the British Library’s copy, whereby, pages 65-80 are misnumbered 63-78. See ESTC Citation No. T145774 (006412101). See also, OCLC Citation No. 475944321, and No. 642442297. Leather Bound. Bound pamphlet printed commenting upon a dispute between Parliament and the House of Lords, wherein the author, himself a venerable member of the latter body, firmly asserts the rights and privileges of the upper chamber in matters relating to the scrutiny and crucially, the amendment, of money bills both by statute, and custom. (#4526) $595.00
![I’ve scarcely finished cataloguing this lovely little book of pressed flowers from the Holy Land. Just had to share it with all you. 🌺
Wild Flowers of the Holy Land; Matt. VI, 28, 29, 30 ; London Society’s Mission to the Jews.
[Ferdinand Vester]; London Jews’ Society’s “House of Industry”. Jerusalem, Palestine: Printed at the London Jews’ Society’s House of Industry, Jerusalem, N.D. [Circa 1890’s?]. First Edition. Unpaginated [Fourteen unnumbered leaves]. Oblong 12mo., measuring 12 x 18 cm. Original quarter maroon leather over gorgeous polished bevelled olive-wood boards bearing “Jerusalem” in black atop a deeply carved Jerusalem cross to the front board; like carving to the rear boards with Jerusalem printed in Hebrew characters to the centre; marbled edges, and ivory silk-moiré endpapers. Comprises of eleven beautifully arranged dried flower specimens mounted on stiff leaves, most (excepting two) accompanied with their original, remarkably well-preserved, tissue-guards, and individually captioned with their respective geographic origins (e.g.: “Flowers from Mount Zion”, “Flowers from the Mount of Olives”, etc.). Lightest wear to the leather spine, else, no other flaws noted to the extremities. Faint toning to the title page, otherwise, contents remain near-uniformly without blemish, and with firm, sound binding. A most lovely, and unique period offering from the Holy Land. Rare to be offered in commerce in this edition, and state. This edition unrecorded in WorldCat, however, nominally corresponds to OCLC #753636624 (with notable differences in pagination, and the number of specimens). See also OCLC #698494522. (#7243)](https://blacksbooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
