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Auction No 368, Tag: Restoration

2 Lots (displaying 1 - 2)

Manuscript Prayer Book of Susan Belasyse, dated November 1667; octavo, later full morocco, gilt, VG;

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £440
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Manuscript Prayer Book of Susan Belasyse, dated November 1667; octavo, later full morocco, gilt, VG; bookplate of Harold Marshall; inscribed Sus: Belasyse, hir Book on front endpaper; 61pp of prayers prepared for different occasions; the first page of prayers adhering to the inscribed endpaper otherwise fine and written throughout in a clear hand. [The Belasyse family were devout Catholics closely allied to Charles I and the Royalist cause. Baron John Belasyse was a commander in the King’s army and fought in various battles; he was subsequently imprisoned in the Tower; after the Restoration he was reprieved and took on a variety of honorary appointments. Susan Belasyse was Baron Belasyse’s daughter-in-law, widowed in August 1667 following the death of her husband Henry in a duel. Charles II’s brother James sought to marry Susan Belasyse but the marriage was blocked by Charles.] 

"The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the First"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the First [with] The Laws and Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the Second [with] The Laws and Acts Made in the Second Parliament of Our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the Second. David Lindsay, Edinburgh, 1683; 12mo, 3 books in one, each with separate title pages; nicely rebound in quarter leather, gilt, with raised bands, marbled boards, a.e.g. Light browning to text. 640pp