Meyer Boswell Books, Inc.
A searchable bookshop,
specializing in antiquarian law books

Meyer Boswell Books Search Results Page

Search Result

Database last updated on Wed Aug 10 13:53:39 2022

Matching records found:
35
Records displayed:
35
Search terms:
Religion
Searching :
Category Field
Searching dates:
All Dates
Searching prices :
$Any to $Any
Searching books added :
At Any Date
book #79951
Author:
Title:
His Majesties Gracious Speech To both Houses of Parliament, On Wednesday, February the 18th 1662 [1663]. Being the first day of their meeting after their Prorogation. Wing C3048; ESTC R5549. Folio
Publisher:
Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker [etc.], London, 1663.
Description:
The speech made by Charles II at the opening of the fourth session of the Cavalier Parliament, his "great effort . . . to relieve peaceful nonconformists and Catholics", to fail utterly , religious toleration not achieved, even in part, until 1688
Condition:
?Original printed self wraps, disbound, reinforced at the margin, some browning, but sound, title + pages 3-6 + colophon leaf; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79951
Price:
$ 450.00
Category:
Religion
book #76188
Author:
Banner, Richard
Title:
A Treatise of Simony. Wherein is enquired, How far the Practice of Buying and Selling of Presentations, so common in this Kingdom, may come under the Notion of it [etc.]
Publisher:
Printed for John Watts in Bow-street, Covent Garden, London, 1716.
Description:
A rare tract condemning simony (the form of ecclesiastical corruption said to have been named after Simon Magus), relying on Coke, Gibson, and Lyndwood, inter alia, and associating simony with both perjury and breach of trust; two copies in ESTC
Condition:
?Original self-wraps, resewn and repaired, lightish staining and pencil underlining, margins cut close (legibility preserved), else a good copy; 42 pp
Book No.:
W-76188
Price:
$ 650.00
Category:
Religion
book #78007
Author:
Wallis, Ralph
Title:
More News from Rome or Magna Charta, Discoursed of between a Poor Man & his Wife . . . An Assertion of Dr. William Warmstrey . . . wherein he affirmeth, that It is a lesser sin for a man to kill his Father, than to refrain coming to the Divine Service
Publisher:
for the Author, for the only benefit of his Wife and Children, London, 1666.
Description:
One of the few surviving works of Wallis, the radical protestant called the Cobbler of Gloucester, invoking Magna Charta as part of his vituperative attack on the Church of England and "the scandalous and shameful conduct of Anglican clergyman"
Condition:
Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt, definite browning and the margins cut close, but clean and usable; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-78007
Price:
$ 650.00
Category:
Magna Carta, Religion, Radicals
book #79360
Author:
Title:
The Proceedings and Tryal [of the Seven Bishops] [with] Atkyns, An Inquiry into the Power of Dispensing with Penal Statutes [with] Atkyns, The Power, Jurisdiction and Priviledge of Parliament [with] Langhorne, King's Right in Dispensing with The Penal Laws
Publisher:
Imprints vary; Wing S564, A4138, A4141, and L396, all folios, London, 1687-89.
Description:
Four works central to English constitutional law and the Glorius Revolution, establishing the right of Parliament to legislate without subsequent Royal derogation and strengthening the power of the jury as the ultimate constitutional arbiter
Condition:
Contemporary calf, rebacked, with the portrait and two advertising leaves (one repaired), generally clean and well preserved; the Taussig copies
Book No.:
W-79360
Price:
$ 1000.00
Category:
trials, English constitutional law, Religion
book #80203
Author:
Haward, Lazarus
Title:
The Charges Issuing forth of the Crown Revenue of England and Dominion of Wales. With the several Officers of his Majesties Courts, Customs, Housholds . . . Forrests, Parks, Chases . . . And also the valuation the Bishops, and Deanes Lands [etc.]. Wing H1164
Publisher:
Printed for M. Wright . . . in the Old Bailey; ESTC R202381, London, 1660.
Description:
Haward's estimable, empirical effort to set forth the sources of Royal revenue, beginning with that of the Royal courts, at the Restoration, part of the attempt to predict and to revive the economy of England following the costs of the civil war
Condition:
Later 1/2 crimson morocco over marbled boards, gilt, rubbed, minor marginal worming, with the bookplate of John Newling; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80203
Price:
$ 350.00
Category:
economics, WALES, Religion, Natural Resources
book #79085
Author:
Sheppard, William
Title:
The Offices and Duties of Constables, Borsholders, Tything-men, Treasurers of the County-stock, Overseers for the Poore, and other lay-Ministers. Whereunto are adjoyned the severall Offices of Church-Ministers and Churchwardens. Wing S3200
Publisher:
Printed by Ric. Hodgkinsonne . . . for William Cooke [etc.], London, 1641.
Description:
First edition of Sheppard's first work, anticipating his many efforts as Cromwell's law reformer and "containing an important part of his philosophy of government", including two chapters on prisons and a final two (100+ pages) on church officials
Condition:
Contemporary sheep, somewhat rubbed, neatly rebacked, the original flyleaves (with jottings and squiggles) preserved, quite crisp; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79085
Price:
$ 1250.00
Category:
English Commonwealth, INDIA, Religion, poor law, prisons
book #80276
Author:
Title:
An Answer To the severall Petitions Of late exhibited to the High Court of Parliament, And to his Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell, By the poor Husband-men, Farmers, and Tenants . . . of England, for the taking away of Tithes, paid to Priests [etc.]
Publisher:
Printed for J.M. and J.A. at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard, London, 1652.
Description:
One of two subjects of proposed major reform during the Commonwealth (the other the reform of the law), neither accomplished until the 19th century, this tract defending the existing, compulsory payment of tithes to support the established church
Condition:
Modern 1/4 crimson morocco, definite browning but sound, with the Fairfax of Cameron bookplate, Wing A3446, the Second Impression; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80276
Price:
$ 550.00
Category:
Religion, agriculture, landlord and tenant, poor law, Parliament, English Commonwealth, legal reform
book #79210
Author:
Title:
Anno secundo et tertio, Edovardi Sexti [1549]. Actes made in the session of this present Parliament, holden upon prorogation at Westminster . . . in the second yeare of our most dread soueraign Lorde Edwarde the vi [etc.]. Beale S224a; S.T.C. 9426
Publisher:
Richardvs Graftonvs [i.e. Richard Tottel], London, 1570?.
Description:
The Parliament whose first act "produced the first Prayer Book of the Church of England", ushered in by its Act of Uniformity, thus beginning the Edwardian Reformation in religion, to be supplemented by the act [c.21] permitting priests to marry
Condition:
Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, minor worming, else well preserved with ample margins, the second setting of Fii; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79210
Price:
$ 1500.00
Category:
Acts, Religion
book #78541
Author:
Title:
Anno XXXVII. Henrici Octavi. Statutes Made in the parliament, holden at Westminster in the XXXVII yere [1545] of the moste renowned Henry the eyght, by the grace of God kinge of England, Fraunce, and Irelande [etc.]. Beale S214; S.T.C. 9414.5. Folio
Publisher:
T. Marsh?], London, 1575?].
Description:
The last early printing of the acts of the last Parliament of Henry VIII, twenty-four chapters in total, introducing for the first time in England a lawful interest rate (10%), the laws against usury remaining in effect until their repeal in 1854
Condition:
Modern cloth-backed marbled boards, some staining, else crisp; eight copies in STC, including this, the Hetherington (now the Taussig) copy
Book No.:
W-78541
Price:
$ 1750.00
Category:
Acts, Religion, law of usury
book #79728
Author:
Title:
The Land-Purchaser's Companion: And the Laws Relating to Tenants and Tenures. Containing I. The Years Purchase all sorts of Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions, &c are worth . . . To which are added. The Laws and Statutes relating to Tithes [etc.]
Publisher:
Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling [etc.], London, 1720.
Description:
A primer with an uncommon focus, directed at potential purchasers prior to the South Sea Bubble bursting, providing a guide to valuing land and to associated legal problems, though prudently (and prophetically) suggesting a quite different future
Condition:
Contemporary unlettered blind ruled and decorated calf, somewhat marked and stained, light browning, else quite well preserved; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79728
Price:
$ 1350.00
Category:
Real Property, landlord and tenant, Abridgements, Religion, economics
book #80198
Author:
Crook, John
Title:
A True Information To the Nation, from the People called Quakers. Being a Brief account of the Proceedings Of some of the Magistrates in and about this City of London, Against the aforesaid People [in] 1664 [etc.]. Wing C7216. Quarto
Publisher:
Printed in the Year 1664, London, 1664.
Description:
Sole edition of the account by the noted Quaker leader and writer of the enforcement in London of the Conventicle Act [16 Charles II c.4] --forbidding non-Church of England religious assemblies of five or more--to lead to his own Newgate imprisonment
Condition:
Later 1/4 calf over marbled boards, black morocco label, gilt ruled and lettered, browning, else quite sound with good margins; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80198
Price:
$ 650.00
Category:
Religion, freedom of religion, Quakers and the Law, prisons
book #80198
Author:
Crook, John
Title:
A True Information To the Nation, from the People called Quakers. Being a Brief account of the Proceedings Of some of the Magistrates in and about this City of London, Against the aforesaid People [in] 1664 [etc.]. Wing C7216. Quarto
Publisher:
Printed in the Year 1664, London, 1664.
Description:
Sole edition of the account by the noted Quaker leader and writer of the enforcement in London of the Conventicle Act [16 Charles II c.4] --forbidding non-Church of England religious assemblies of five or more--to lead to his own Newgate imprisonment
Condition:
Later 1/4 calf over marbled boards, black morocco label, gilt ruled and lettered, browning, else quite sound with good margins; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80198
Price:
$ 650.00
Category:
Religion, freedom of religion, Quakers and the Law, prisons
book #80246
Author:
Woodward, Josiah
Title:
An Account of the Societies for Reformation of Manners . . . to Persons of all Ranks, to Be Zealous and Diligent in Promoting the Execution of the Laws against Prophaneness and Debauchery [etc.] [with the Abstract of the Penal Laws]. Wing W3512; ESTC R31843
Publisher:
Printed for B. Aylmar, at the Three Pigeons in Cornhill [etc.], London, 1699.
Description:
First edition of the highly popular work of Woodward, the first historian of the Society for the Reformation of Manners, confirming his reputation as seeking society's moral reformation, with his writings to be reprinted throughout the 18th century
Condition:
?Contemporary gilt panelled mottled calf, the joints just cracking but very firm, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, very pretty; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80246
Price:
$ 450.00
Category:
Religion, legal reform
book #79875
Author:
Title:
His Majesties Most Gracious Speech, Together with the Lord Chancellors, To the Two Houses of Parliament, at Their Prorogation, On Monday the Nineteenth of May, 1662. Wing C3170. Folio
Publisher:
Printed, by John Bill and Christopher Barker [etc.], London, 1662.
Description:
The speeches which evidenced Charles II's failure to achieve a measure of religious toleration, with the first session of the Cavalier Parliament prorogued and Machiavelli invoked ("an Author much studied . . . in this Kingdom") as a warning
Condition:
?Original printed self wraps, disbound, definite browning, sound and usable, 23 pages; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79875
Price:
$ 650.00
Category:
ENGLAND, Parliament, Religion, ITALY, political theory
book #80122
Author:
Johnson, John
Title:
The Clergy-Man's Vade Mecum: Or, an Account of the Antient and Present Church of England; the Duties and Rights of the Clergy' and of Their Privileges and Hardships . . . which they commonly meet with in the Discharge of their Office. ESTC T118660. 12mo
Publisher:
Printed for John Nicholson [and two others], London, 1706.
Description:
First edition of by far the most popular work of Johnson, the "able theological writer", appearing in at least ten separate printings over a quarter century, with his works generally influential well into the 19th century, especially among non-jurors
Condition:
Contemporary unlettered panelled calf, rubbed, the joints cracking but quite firm, early signature of W. Clarke, clean and usable; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80122
Price:
$ 450.00
Category:
Religion
book #80058
Author:
Title:
Lex Londinensis; or, The City Law. Shewing the Powers, Customs and Practice Of all the several Courts Belonging to the Famous City of London . . . Together With several Acts of Common Councel, very useful and necesary to be known by all [&c]. Wing L1858
Publisher:
Printed by S. Roycroft for Henry Twyford [etc.], London, 1680.
Description:
Only edition of an early work devoted to London and its courts, ten of which are treated, including the Lord Mayor's Court, the Court of Hustings, the Sheriffs Court, the Court of Alderman, the Court of Conscience, and the Orphan's Court inter alia
Condition:
Contemporary blind panelled calf, red edges, somewhat rubbed, neatly repaired, else quite clean with ample margins; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80058
Price:
$ 850.00
Category:
London, courts, infants, Religion, sheriffs
book #79416
Author:
Title:
Anno xxxv. Reginae Elizabethae. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the xix day of Februarie, in the fiue and thirtieth yeere [1593] of the Reigne of . . . Ladie Elizabeth . . . were enacted as followeth. S.T.C. 9491 [including this copy]
Publisher:
Imprinted . . . by the Deputies of Christopher Barker [etc.], London, 1593.
Description:
The parliament enacting severe punishments upon Puritan sectaries ("a vicious act" in G.R. Elton's words), potentially leading to exile or hanging [c.1] and, separately, forbidding Catholics from moving more than five miles from their homes [c.2]
Condition:
Modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, some browning and some staining (mainly marginal), without the subsidies and pardon; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79416
Price:
$ 1250.00
Category:
Acts, Religion, criminal law
book #80070
Author:
Title:
His Majesties Gracious Speech to the Lords & Commons, Together with the Lord Chancellor's, At the opening of the Parliament, On the 8th day of May, 1661. Wing C3017. Folio
Publisher:
Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker [etc.], London, 1661.
Description:
The speech in which Charles II announces his proposed marriage to Catherine of Braganza, cementing England's relations with Portugal and France as against Spain, the potential religious conflict (Catherine a Roman Catholic) skilfully downplayed
Condition:
?Original self wraps, disbound, definite browning, the title's lower right blank corner torn away, else usable, with the final blank; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80070
Price:
$ 350.00
Category:
Parliament, marriage, PORTUGAL, international law, FRANCE, SPAIN, Religion
book #80106
Author:
Langhorne, Richard
Title:
Considerations Touching The Great Question of the King's Right in Dispensing with The Penal Laws. Written On the Occasion of His Late Blessed Majesties granting Free Toleration and Indulgence. Wing L396. Folio
Publisher:
Printed by H.H. for the Assigns of R. Langhorne [etc.], London, 1687.
Description:
The work written in defense of Charles II's 1672 Declaration of Indulgence, Langhorne "a Roman Catholic barrister of considerable eminence", later implicated in the Popish Plot, executed for treason, and beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Condition:
Modern 1/4 sheep over brown boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, the spine gilt ruled and lettered, quite clean with good margins; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80106
Price:
$ 650.00
Category:
Religion, trials
book #80282
Author:
Brydall, John
Title:
The Clergy Vindicated, or the Rights and Privileges That belong to them, Asserted; According to the Laws of England. More Paritcularly, touching the Sitting of Bishops in Parliament; and their making Proxies in Capital Cases. Wing B5255. Folio
Publisher:
Printed by E.T. and R.H., London, 1679.
Description:
Sole edition of the only work of Brydall's exclusively devoted to English ecclesiastical law, "reflect[ing his] very wide range of jurisprudential expertise", succinctly describing the rights, powers, and duties of both superior and inferior clergy
Condition:
Modern paper boards, printed paper label, somewhat marked, some browning, mainly lightish, else well preserved with ample margins; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80282
Price:
$ 650.00
Category:
Religion, criminal law, capital punishment, Parliament
book #80172
Author:
Title:
The Modern Parish Officer . . . A Work essentially necessary for Constables, Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of the Highways, Justices of the Peace, Attornies, Headboroughs, Tithingmen, Sidesmen, Vestrymen, Scavengers [etc.]. ESTC N5044
Publisher:
Printed by W. Strahan, and M. Woodfall [etc.], London, 1774.
Description:
The rare first edition of a work aimed at local officials -- and at the general public as a safeguard against them -- "who too frequently want to exercise an Authority which they are not warranted to do by law"; four copies in ESTC, one in the UK
Condition:
Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, crimson morocco label, double gilt ruled and lettered, very clean with good margins; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80172
Price:
$ 450.00
Category:
criminal law, Religion, poor law, law of highways, justices of peace, Every Man Law Books
book #79487
Author:
Title:
By the King and Queen. A Proclamation . . . That all Persons being Protestants . . . in the Offices of Sheriffs, Justices of the Peace [and other offices] shall hold themselves continued in the said Offices [etc.]. Wing W2522; Steele I, 3964
Publisher:
Printed by John Starkey and Awnsham Churchill [etc.], London, 1689.
Description:
The proclamation given on Feb 14 1689, two days after the Houses of Parliament had agreed on a Declaration of Rights and the day following William and Mary being offered and accepting the crown--as "the first stage of the Revolution was complete"
Condition:
Broadside about 8x11 inches, one vertical fold, light browning, else well preserved, the variant with the factotum containing flowers; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79487
Price:
$ 1500.00
Category:
English constitutional law, Religion, sheriffs, justices of peace
book #79604
Author:
Title:
His Majesties Most Gracious Speech To both Houses of Parliament, On Saturday the Sixteenth of March, 1688 [1689]. Wing W2372H. Folio
Publisher:
Printed by Charles Bill, and Thomas Newcomb [etc.], London, 1689.
Description:
The attempt by William III, only partly successful, to remove disabilities attendant on all protestants "willing and able to serve" (and expressly excluding Roman Catholics), leading to the Act of Toleration and its receiving royal assent in late May
Condition:
Title with order to print on verso + pages 3-4, disbound, the two leaves almost separating, light marginal staining, usable; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79604
Price:
$ 650.00
Category:
Religion, Glorious Revolution
book #80336
Author:
Womock [Womack], Laurence
Title:
Billa Vera: Or, the Arraignment of Ignoramus. Put forth out of Charity, for the use of Grand Inquests and Other Jury's; The Sworn Assertors of Truth and Justice. In a Letter to a Friend. Wing W3340. Quarto
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Clavel at the Peacock in St. Paul's Churchyard, London, 1682.
Description:
Only edition of Womock's critical response to Edward Whitaker's 'The Ignoramus Justices', Womack "asserting the need for strict conformity and loyalty to the Anglican establishment", no concessions to be extended to Dissenters nor to Roman Catholics
Condition:
?Original self stabbed wraps, disbound, some browning, an occasional notation, else sound with ample margins, 34 pages; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80336
Price:
$ 450.00
Category:
Religion, juries
book #79818
Author:
Meriton, George
Title:
The Parson's Monitor, Consisting of such Cases and Matters as principally concern the Clergy. Collected from the Statute and Common Laws; as also the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical . . . necessary to be known by the Clergy [etc.]. Wing M1808
Publisher:
Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edw. Atkins [etc.], London, 1681.
Description:
Sole edition of the only work on the religious aspects of the law by Meriton, a Yorkshire attorney (and grandson of a clergyman), building and expanding upon the treatises of John Dodderidge, of William Hughes, and, in particular, of Simon Degge
Condition:
Contemporary unlettered sheep, worn and a bit shaken, the spine snagged, marginal staining, else very clean and easily usable; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79818
Price:
$ 750.00
Category:
Religion
book #79312
Author:
Title:
Anno Vicesimo Secvndo Henrici Octavi. Statvta Bonvm Pvblicvm Concernentia Edita in perliamento tento apud westm[inster] xvi die Ianuarii . . . et inde vlterius prorogati vsque ad xiiii die Octobris [1531]. S.T.C. 9370.4 [five copies, one imperfect]
Publisher:
Tho. Berthelet regius impressor excudebat. Cvm Privilegio, London, 1540?].
Description:
The second Reformation Parliament, laying the groundwork for the divorce of Catherine of Aragon, enacting the landmark statute "fac[ing] the necessity of providing for the impotent poor", and challenging the independent jurisdiction of the Church
Condition:
Modern maroon unlettered cloth, rubbed, else quite a clean copy with the bookplate of Edwin Freshfield on the front pastedown; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79312
Price:
$ 1650.00
Category:
poor law, Religion, divorce
book #78758
Author:
Title:
Anno Regni Gulielmi III. Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, XII & XIII. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the Sixth Day of February, Anno Dom 1700 . . . being the First Session of this present Parliament. ESTC N53550; not in ECCO. Folio
Publisher:
Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb [&c], London, 1701 [1702].
Description:
The Parliament whose acts included the Act of Settlement, one of "the last great constitutional documents in English history", circumscribing the crown's powers, establishing the judiciary's independence, and requiring Church of England communion
Condition:
Contemporary mottled panelled calf, rubbed, joints just cracking but firm, with the bookplate of Thomas Wentworth dated 1712; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-78758
Price:
$ 1100.00
Category:
Religion, Acts
book #80024
Author:
Tillesley, Richard
Title:
Animadversions upon M. Seldens History of Tythes, And His Review Thereof . . . Maintaining the Ius divinum of Tythes or more, to be payd to the Priesthood under the Gospell. S.T.C. 24073. Quarto
Publisher:
Printed by John Bill, London, 1619.
Description:
First edition of the first major response to the work of Selden which David Berkowitz termed "his greatest work [and] one of the triumphs of Renaissance learning", vigorously criticizing Selden's legal analysis and his use of historical sources
Condition:
Contemporary vellum, unevenly darkened, later label, red edges, quite crips and bright with good margins; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80024
Price:
$ 850.00
Category:
Religion
book #78517
Author:
Title:
Anno XXI. Henrici VIII. Statvta ad rempspectantia, edita in prima sessione parliamenti . . . tertio die Nouembris . . . continuati per xliiii dies, videlicet vsque ad xvii diem Decembris [1529] [etc.]. S.T.C. 9366.5; not in Beale. Folio
Publisher:
In Aedibus Thomae Bertheleti Regii Impressoris. Cvm Privilegio, London, 1536(?).
Description:
A rare printing of the acts of the first session of the Reformation Parliament, "clearly one of the most important assemblies ever to gather in England", ultimately leading to the rejection of papal authority and to the Anglican Church's independence
Condition:
Modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, light browning, a trace of marginal worming, else well-preserved, one copy in STC; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-78517
Price:
$ 2750.00
Category:
Acts, Religion
book #80040
Author:
Sheppard, William
Title:
The Parsons Guide: Or the Law of Tythes. Wherein is shewed, Who must pay Tythes, and to whom, and of what things, When, and How they must be paid, and how they may be recovered at this day, and how a man may be discharged of payment thereof. Wing S3206
Publisher:
Printed for W. Lee, H. Twyford, T. Collins [and two others], London, 1670.
Description:
Penultimate edition of Sheppard's work initially written to support the Protectorate's financial exigencies, Sheppard contending in this expanded edition that "the origins of tithes were founded in English custom, dating to the ancient Saxon church"
Condition:
Original unlettered sheep, rubbed but quite clean, presentation copy--"For Simon Degge" [whose Parsons Counsellor appeared in 1676]; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-80040
Price:
$ 850.00
Category:
Religion, Inscribed or Presentation Copy
book #78518
Author:
Title:
Anno Vicesimo Secundo Henrici Octavi. Statvta Bonvm Pvblicvm Concernentia Edita in perliamento tento apud westm[inster] xvi die Ianuarii . . . et inde vlterius prorogati vsque ad xiii die Octobris [1531]. S.T.C. 9370.6 (including this copy); not in Beale
Publisher:
Tho. Berthelet regius impressor excudebat. Cvm Privilegio, London, 1547?].
Description:
The second Reformation Parliament, laying the groundwork for the divorce of Catherine of Aragon, enacting the landmark statute "fac[ing] the necessity of providing for the impotent poor", and challenging the independent jurisdiction of the Church
Condition:
Later 1/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, light pencil notations, generally well preserved with ample margins; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-78518
Price:
$ 1750.00
Category:
poor law, Religion, divorce
book #80159
Author:
Wood, Thomas
Title:
A Dialogue between Mr. Prejudice, A Dissenting Country Gentleman, and Mr. Reason, A Student in the University: Being A short Vindication of the University from Popery, and an Answer to some Objections concerning the D of Y [Duke of York to become James II]
Publisher:
Printed for T. Sawbridge, London, 1682.
Description:
Only edition of Wood's first work, as he "gained a reputation as a controversialist", here debating in the most provocative terms ("an Usurper, Impostour, Son of the Whore"), the foreseeable accession of James II to the throne and Popery at Oxford
Condition:
Modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, bookplate of Frederic Morrell, signature on title effaced and one leaf stained; the Taussig copy, Wing W3408
Book No.:
W-80159
Price:
$ 750.00
Category:
Religion
book #78111
Author:
Hale, Matthew
Title:
Several Tracts . . . viz, I. A Discourse of Religion on Three Heads II. A Treatise touching Provision for the Poor III. A Letter to his Children, Advising them how to behave themselves in their Speech IV. A Letter to one of his Sons [etc.]. Wing H259
Publisher:
Printed by J. Playford for W. Shrowsbery [etc.], London, 1684.
Description:
Four works reflecting Hale's wide-ranging thinking and humanity, including the "most considered summary of his later religious ideas" and his plan ("well in advance of his times") for a public trading corporation to alleviate unemployment
Condition:
Contemporary calf, quite rubbed, rebacked, a few markings, else quite sound, with separate title pages for all but the first work; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-78111
Price:
$ 850.00
Category:
poor law, Religion
book #79315
Author:
Title:
Anno Tertio Henrici VIII . . . at his parlyamente holden at westminster . . . hath, doo, to be ordeined, made, and enacted, certaine statutes and ordynaunces in manner and fourme folowinge. S.T.C. 9362.2 [this copy the Hetherington copy, there recorded]
Publisher:
Printed by T. Marshe?, London, 1575?.
Description:
The final sixteenth century printing of the acts of this parliament [only, without the acts through year 7], including the act against mummers disguising their appearance [c.9] and that seeking to limit sheriff abuses directed toward juries [c.12]
Condition:
Modern 3/4 morocco over cloth boards, the inner margins strengthened and repaired, very light browning, else sound; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79315
Price:
$ 750.00
Category:
Acts, Religion, sheriffs, juries, legal reform
book #79674
Author:
Title:
By the King. A Proclamation commanding the due execution of the Lawes made against Eating and Selling of Flesh in Lent, and other times prohibited. S.T.C. 8984; Steele 1, 642; Lincoln's Inn Catalogue of Pamphlets 1506-1700 234
Publisher:
Imprinted at London by Robert Barker [etc.], London, 1632.
Description:
The proclamation "polic[ing] with some vigour" those who ate or sold flesh in Lent, restoring a religious element to the prohibitions first enacted in 1548, with the situation in England "exceptional within the Protestant world" and much debated
Condition:
Two broadsides, each measuring about 12x15 inches, light browning, one horizontal fold, well preserved in a modern buckram folder; the Taussig copy
Book No.:
W-79674
Price:
$ 750.00
Category:
Broadside, legal ephemera, Religion

E-mail Results to Yourself or a Friend

To e-mail the results above to a friend or to yourself, simply fill in the fields below:

(e.g. user@company.com. To send to more than one person, separate each e-mail address with a comma.)
 

Save This Search

To be notified by e-mail (no obligation to purchase) when newly added books match this search
criteria, please enter your e-mail in the box below and hit the "Add This to My Wants" button.
To edit your existing wants list, enter your e-mail and hit the "Edit My Wants" button.

(e.g. user@company.com)

How to Order Books

If your browser supports and is set to accept cookies, you can click the 'Add to Order' button next to the selection you would like to order. The system will show you all the books in your shopping cart. If you wish to order additional books from this page, you may use the 'Back' button on your browser to return to this page from the Shopping Cart page.
If your browser does not support cookies or you choose not to accept them, you may use our previous non-cookie ordering system.
Alternately, you may order by sending an e-mail note, or by contacting us directly by phone or FAX.
If you do send a FAX, please make sure to include your full shipping address, a credit card number and expiration date, and the "Order No" of the volumes you would like. Also, please make sure to leave a phone number so that we can contact you in the event we encounter any problems filling your order.

Contact Us

Questions, comments, inquiries??? Please write us!
rarelaw@meyerbos.com

Meyer Boswell Books, Inc.
2141 Mission Street, Suite 302
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone : (415) 255-6400
Fax : (415) 795-3982
E-mail: rarelaw@meyerbos.com
URL : https://www.meyerbos.com
Privacy Policy
Accessibility

Member Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
Member International League of Antiquarian Booksellers