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Auction No 376, Tag: Magna Carta

2 Lots (displaying 1 - 2)

"Reports from the Commissioners..... Respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom...1800-1812"

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Reports from the Commissioners, Appointed by His Majesty to Execute the Measures Recommended by a Select Committee of The House of Commons, Respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom with an Account of their Proceedings 1800-1812. House of Lords, 1812, folio, quarter-leather, backstrip damaged but gilt title preserved; library stamp on title page of the Royal Institute; VG internally and complete with 19 folding facsimile plates of pages from the Magna Carta and other Mediaeval documents; spotting to some pages (not affecting plates). 320pp plus list of plates and Index

"Appendix to Reports from the Commissioners .....respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom, &c: Engraved Facsimiles inserted in several works" 1819

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
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Appendix to Reports from the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty  to execute the measures recommended by a Select Committee of the House of Commons respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom, &c: Engraved Facsimiles inserted in the several works printed under the Commission. Eyre & Strahan for H.M. Government, 1819; folio, later cloth, gilt, near fine; very good internally and complete with 86 engraved facsimiles and plates of mediaeval documents, seals etc, many folding, including Magna Carta, with parallel transcriptions. An impressive publication.