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Property Law — England & Scotland 
Dalrymple, John. An essay towards a general history of feudal property in Great Britain. London: A. Millar, 1758. 12mo (17 cm, 6.7"). x, [2], 276 pp.
Click the interior images for enlargements. In reference to the present work, Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England quotes Sweet as noting that the author, “notwithstanding some errors on antiquarian points of little importance, cannot be too highly praised for the philosophical accuracy and elegance with which he has treated a subject that most writers contrive to render extremely obscure and repulsive.”
The chapter headers are “History of the introduction of the feudal system into Great Britain,” “History of tenures,” “History of the alienation of land property,” “History of entails,” “History of the laws of succession or descent,” “History of the forms of conveyance,” “History of jurisdictions, and of the forms of procedure in courts,” and “History of the constitution of Parliament.”
“Great Britain,” here, is England and Scotland; Ireland is scarcely mentioned.
• ESTC T143530; Goldsmiths'-Kress (suppl.) 9336.2-1; Sweet & Maxwell, I, 444.5. On Dalrymple, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. Contemporary calf framed in blind, rebacked, spine with blind-ruled raised bands; totally plain with no labels; corners and edges moderately rubbed. Title-page with early inked ownership inscription in upper portion; errata crossed out in ink, reading not much hindered. First third of volume with early inked underlining and occasional marginalia; one lower corner torn away, affecting catchword. (24331)
Dalrymple’s
Cunning
Knavery(Dalrymple,
John). Observations on a late publication entitled “Memoirs of Great-Britain,
by Sir John Dalrymple,” in which some errors, misrepresentations, and the
design of that compiler and his associates are detected. London: J. Almon, 1773.
4to (26 cm, 10.25"). 28, xx pp.
• ESTC T12257. On Dalrymple, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XIII, 424–25. Removed from a nonce volume; first and last pages soiled; 6-digit number rubber-stamped on title-page. Chipping in upper inner corners of first three leaves; shallow chipping and dog-earing to the whole, with soiling on the edges and corners.
“To
the King”
Denham,
John. Coopers-Hill. A poem. London: Pr. & sold by H. Hills, 1709. 8vo.
16 pp. 
Unauthorized
Uncut “A&A”[Dryden, John]. Absalom and Achitophel. A poem. London: H. Hills, 1708. 8vo (18.8 cm, 7.5"). A–C4; 24 pp.
• Uncut copy of this unauthorized reprinting of Dryden’s 1681 satire targeting the Earl of Shaftesbury and the Duke of Monmouth. A key is included for reader comprehension, identifying a list of dramatis personae including David as Charles II, Absalom as Monmouth, and Bathsheba as the Duchess of Portsmouth “or any other Concubine.”
Hills’s pirate edition was allegedly “Printed and Sold . . . For the Benefit of the Poor,” according to the title-page; two different 1708 states are identified by Foxon—in the present example, signature C is under “his” on p. 17 and p. 22 is printed in two columns.
• ESTC T19006; Foxon D449. Removed from a nonce volume with sewing partially gone, now in a Mylar folder. Edges uncut. First few pages of the poem with line numberings inked in an early hand; some darkening around margins, occasional small spots. One signature separated.
Eleutheropoli? Du Moulin, Louis. Irenaei Philadelphi Epistola, ad Renatum Veridaeum. In qua aperitur mysterium iniquitatis novissimè in Anglia redivivum, & excutitur liber Iosephi Halli, quo asseritur Episcopatum esse juris divini. Eleutheropoli [really, Basel]: no publisher/printer, 1641. Small 4to. 76 pp., [4] ff.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. A work of considerable significance for English canon law. There was another edition in 1641, without any place of printing specified, in 8vo format, and having 122 pages.
• Removed from a nonce volume, semicircular area torn from lower portion of the title-page costing two letters of the imprint. Old ownership inscriptions on title-page. Library stamps in lower margin of last page. (21014)
Agitating
Against Parliament —
But Not Against
the King?Dublin
(Ireland). The great charter of the liberties of the city
of Dublin, transcribed and translated into English; with explanatory notes. Addressed
to his Majesty, and presented to his Lords Justices of Ireland. Dublin: James
Esdall, 1749. 8vo (19.8 cm, 7.75"). [2], vi, xliv, 31, [1 (blank)], 3–36,
[2 (1 blank)] pp. (pp. iii/iv of the dedication bound in between iv & v of
the preface).
The work bears two imposing engraved headpieces done by P. Simms, and is handsomely printed in roman, italic, and fraktur, with the title-pages for the English and Latin sections in red and black.
• ESTC T200365. Full brown morocco old style, covers framed in
gilt rolling and panelled in single gilt fillet with inset corner fleurons;
spine with gilt-stamped title, raised bands decorated with dotted gilt rules,
and gilt-stamped shamrock devices in compartments. Title-page and one other
lightly stamped by a now-defunct institution; Latin title-page trimmed closely
with loss of three characters; the leaves with the beautiful headpieces (and
in fact all others) just as they should be. Some cockling and mild
browning, pages otherwise clean. 
A nice copy of this evocative expression of Irish
patriotic feeling.
First English-Language Edition — Nicely BoundDumont, Etienne. Recollections of
Mirabeau, and of the two first legislative assemblies of France. London: Edward Bull (pr. by G. Schulze), 1832. 8vo (21.8 cm, 8.6"). Frontis., xxxv, [1], 404 pp.; 6 fold.
facs.
Binding: Contemporary half calf over marbled paper–covered sides, leather edges tooled in blind; spine gilt extra with floral decorations and gilt-ruled bands, with gilt-stamped leather title-label. All edges saffron.
Provenance: Front pastedown with bookplates of I.W. Roberts and Robert E. Steiner, both of Montgomery, Alabama.
• Bound as above, covers and edges moderately rubbed. Two pages with offsetting from a now-absent laid-in item; a few leaves with small spots of foxing. One signature separated and protruding a tad.
Culture & Commerce CONNECTED — 1846Eclectikwn, Eis. Language in relation to commerce, missions, and government. England's ascendancy, and the world's destiny. Submitted to the consideration of merchants, statesmen and philanthropists. Manchester: A. Burgess & Co., 1846. 12mo. 23, [1] pp.
• NSTC 2L4183; not in Goldsmiths'-Kress. Removed from a nonce volume and now in a Mylar folder. Pages clean. (10991)
Public Gambling Banned in BrusselsThe Edinburgh gazette... Monday March 13. to Thursday March 16 1699. Edinburgh: James Watson, [1699]. Folio (27.5 cm, 10.9"). [1] f. (printed on both sides).
Click the image for an enlargement. • ESTC P74 (for full run from 1699–1708). Removed from a nonce volume. Inner margin tattered, repaired some time ago with loss of “The” from header and of a number of words along that margin on each side.
The Title Says It All Edwardes, Herbert B. 
Our Indian empire: Its beginning and end. [London: 1861]. 16mo. 32 pp.
• NSTC 2E4979. Removed from a nonce volume. (11085)
Political
Fury Elegy in memory of that valiant champion, Sir R. Grierson, late laird of Lag, who died Dec. 23d, 1733. Wherein the Prince of Darkness commends many of his best friends, who were the chief managers, of the late persecution. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, n.d. (ca. 1848). 12mo. 24 pp. 
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a bound volume. Wrappers lacking. Good++ condition. (8412)
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