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[ACTS - CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. The principal acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Conveened at Edinburgh, the 5th of May, 1726. Edinburgh. Printed by Mr. James Davidson and Robert Fleming, 1726. Folio. 21pp, [17]. Disbound. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30924

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[ACTS - ANNE]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for altering Whitsuntide and Lammas Terms for the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. [London]. [Printed by Charles Bill], [1709]. First edition. Folio. [2], p.247, [1]. Issued with a general title page (as here), and also as a part of ‘ Anno Regni annae reginae…Septimo. At the Parliament Summoned to be Held at Westminster, the Eighth Day of July, Anno Dom. 1708...’ Imprint taken from general title page. Disbound. Lightly toned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27193

[ACTS - ANNE]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for ascertaining and Directing the Payment of the Allowances to be made for or upon the Exportation from Scotland, of Fish, Beef, and Pork Cured with Foreign Salt... [London]. [Printed by Charles Bill], [1709]. First edition. Folio. [2], 221-227pp, [1]. Issued with a general title page (as here), and also as a part of ‘ Anno Regni annae reginae…Septimo. At the Parliament Summoned to be Held at Westminster, the Eighth Day of July, Anno Dom. 1708...’ Imprint taken from general title page. Disbound. Lightly toned and spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27194

A COUNTRY-GENTLEMAN. A plan of a new act, relating to the statute-work in scotland. Edinburgh. Printed for Charles Elliot, 1773. First edition. 8vo. 31pp, [1]. Stitched, as issued. Old central vertical fold. Early ownership inscription to foot of title page, a trifle creased, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33307

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A COUNTRY CLERGYMAN [JONES, William]. A preservative against the publications dispersed by modern socinians. In which The impiety and absurdity of their principles are clearly shewn. London. Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, 1788. Fourth edition, with corrections and additions. 12mo. 28pp. Stitched, as issued. Lightly spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21912

A CIVIL MAGISTRATE [L'ESTRANGE, Hamon]. A Legacy to the World: or, essays to promote Practical Christianity. London. Printed by J. and W. Oliver for the Author, 1762. First edition. 8vo. ix, [2], 12-72pp. Disbound. Occasional dust-soiling to margins. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21449

A CITIZEN OF LONDON [i.e. PATERSON, John]. A plan for raising Two Hundred and Eighty-two thousand pounds, For the purpose of Discharging the Debt remaining due to the Artificers of london Bridge... Londonm. Printed by H. Woodfall...For J. Rivington et al., 1767. First edition. Quarto. [2], 32pp. Modern gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32721

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ABERNETHY-DRUMMOND, William. A form of consecrating burying-ground. First used at the consecration of a burial-place for General Count Lockhart of Lee, At dryden, March 15. 1790. [Edinburgh?]. [s.n.], 1790. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by C. Murton in nineteenth-century half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, occasional early manuscript corrections to text, later ownership inscription of Christopher Wordsworth to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27730

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[4TH ROYAL IRISH DRAGOON GUARDS]. Lieutenant General The Earl of Ross's Report on the First Regiment of Horse Reviewed by Him in Dublin on the 2nd Day of July 1783. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1783]. Folio. A five sheet report comprising a manuscript summary signed by Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross ('Ross Lieut. General'), and four engraved sheets ('General Return...', 'Return of the Arms...', numbered 1-4), with all the details neatly completed in manuscript. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24214