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Charlottesville: The Tracy W. McGregor Library, University of Virginia Book. Good. Hardcover. 1946, folio, 39pp. Covers somewhat speckled, extremities worn, else G. Limited to 1100 copies; 100 of which have been numbered and specially bound, fifty of which were for sale. This is ne of the thousand unnumbered copies. Includes a facsimile of the 1625 proclamation of Charles I, plus introduction by Johnson, and several pages of notes on the printing history of the document..
By The King. A Proclamation For The Better Execution Of The Office Of His Maiesties Exchanger, And Reformation Of Sundry Abuses And Fraudes Practised Vpon His Maiesties Coynes. S.T.C. 8860; Steele 1512 -
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By the King. A Proclamation for the better execution of the Office of His Maiesties Exchanger, and Reformation of sundry Abuses and Fraudes practised vpon his Maiesties Coynes. S.T.C. 8860; Steele 1512
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London: Imprinted . . . by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, 1627. Five leaves measuring about 12x15 inches, browned, definite staining, loss of text on the first two leaves, some repairs, a working copy only Part of Charles I's ill-advised assumption of monetary monopoly control through re-establishing the office of King's Exchanger of gold and silver, unsuccessfully opposed by the Goldsmith's Company, London's Lord Mayor and its Court of Alderman
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BY THE KING: A PROCLAMATION FOR SETLING [sic] THE PLANTATION OF VIRGINIA.
by Johnson, Thomas Cary, Jr
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BY THE KING. A PROCLAMATION, FOR DECLARING CERTAIN SILVER GROATS OR FOURPENCES CURRENT IN THE COLONY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
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London, 1901.. Broadside, 32 x 20 inches. Old creases, with almost negligible tears at some folds, light foxing in upper left corner, else very good. A royal proclamation, with the handsome arms of Great Britain at the top, making Groats or Fourpences legal tender in Trinidad and Tobago. Ends with "GOD SAVE THE KING" in bold capitals.
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By the King. A Proclamation commanding all masters and owners of ships, to stay for their convoy before they put to sea
by Charles I
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[London] in the Savoy: printed by the assigns of John Bill, and Christopher Barker, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1671. 4to. Closed tear, some loss, contemporary annotation in ink to verso. 4to. A proclamation issued due oncerns that by departing in advance of their convoys, British trading vessels were putting themselves and their crews unduly at risk. "Subjects Trading by Sea, hath for their better Protection and Security, Ordained and Appointed several Ships of Wart to be unto them as Guards and Convoys through their several Voyages; And yet nevertheless, some persons neglecting their own Safeties... frequently put to sea without stayig for their appointed Convoys ... [so] that they very early and very often become a Prey to the Turks and Moors, who by such advantages, are encouraged to hold out, and not yield to peace upon reasonable Terms to the great Damage of the Kingdom in general..." ESTC R2115; Steele notation: Sub- appointed Majesty; Arms 75; Wing C3237; Steele, 3551
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By the King: A Proclamation for Restraint of Excessive Carriages..
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1635. Carriages Over One Ton Banned "Upon Pain of Our Heavy Indignation" [Broadside]. [Highways]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. By the King. A Proclamation for Restraint of Excessive Carriages, To the Destruction of the High Ways. London: Imprinted...by Robert Barker and by the Assignes of Iohn Bill, 1635. 14-1/4" x 10-1/4" 2 ff. broadside, text in single column below headline and large woodcut royal arms, 8-line woodcut initial. Moderate toning, very light foxing and soiling, slight horizontal fold lines, faint dampstain to bottom and two small worm holes near top of both sheets, minor loss to woodcut but no loss to text, crease to left edge of first sheet, which is mended at bottom edge just touching a few letters of text without loss. Housed in attractive 15" x 11" green buckram folder with red morocco lettering piece to front. $2,000. * Despite previous attempts to regulate excessively heavy carriages, the king and his people still found "by dayly experience" that "those great abuses"…
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The king of Hedjaz and Arab independence ... together with the proclamation issued at Baghdad by Lieut.- General Sir Stanley Maude, after the occupation of that city by the British forces.London, Hayman, Christy and Lilly Ltd., 1917. 8vo. With a photographic portrait of Hussein bin Ali for frontispiece and a folding facsimile proclamation (38 x 28 cm). Original stapled wrappers with red lettering on front wrapper.
by [HUSSEIN BIN ALI, Sharif of Mecca and Frederick Stanley MAUDE]
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14, [1], [1 blank] pp.British pamphlet advertising the independence of Hedjaz from Ottoman rule. The pamphlet includes a facsimile of the proclamation in Arabic pronouncing the Arab peoples free from Turkish domination, an introduction about allied involvement, the Monroe Doctrine and its role in the region, and more basic history behind the eventual writing of the proclamation.Some minor traces of use. In very good condition.
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BY THE KING. A PROCLAMATION FOR PROHIBITING THE IMPORTATION OF COMMODITIES OF EUROPE INTO ANY OF HIS MAJESTIES PLANTATIONS IN AFRICA, ASIA, OR AMERICA, WHICH WERE NOT LADEN IN ENGLAND, AND FOR PUTTING ALL OTHER LAWS RELATING TO THE TRADE OF THE PLANTATIONS, IN EFFECTUAL EXECUTION [caption title]
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London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1675. Broadside, 22 x 14 1/2 inches, printed on two sheets. Old fold lines. Repaired with tissue on verso along vertical fold. A few other small tears or tissue repairs. Very good. A rare broadside announcing the decree of the English government that all foreign goods destined for British colonies must first pass through England, a policy of mercantilism later termed the "triangle trade." "This program permitted the profits from colonial trade and commerce to center in England, promoted British shipping, and enabled the British government to support itself by taxing this trade as it flowed through England" - DAH. The English government began its mercantilist policies under the Commonwealth government, in a series of "navigation acts" which regulated English trade. The first Navigation Act, passed in 1651, targeted Dutch commerce. It stipulated that only English ships could carry freight into English territories, and that if a ship…
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BY THE KING. A PROCLAMATION FOR THE APPREHENSION OF EDWARD WHALLEY AND WILLIAM GOFFE
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London: Christopher Barker and John Bill, 1660. Broadside (bound), 1 page. In Near Fine condition. Silked on verso and stitched into 19th-century marbled paper boards, with leather label on front cover. Boards measure 5.5 in. x 9 in. Broadside (unfolded) measures 10.5 in. x 17 in. Boards age-toned and lightly rubbed. Broadside lightly age-toned. RW Consignment. Shelved in Case 7. A broadside of a proclamation issued by King Charles II calling for the arrest of the regicides Edward Whalley and William Goffe. Edward Whalley was a leader in Cromwell's army, and also one of the signatories to the death warrant for Charles I. William Goffe, Whalley's son-in-law, also served as a judge at the trial of the king, and was a Roundhead politician and military leader. At the Restoration, Whalley and Goffe fled to the colonies in New England. Charles II issued this warrant for their arrest, though neither were ever detained or tried. Whalley died ca. 1675, and Goffe ca. 1679. References: Wing C3316; Thomason,…
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