Documents, Acts, Certs, Deeds, Diaries & Newspapers (30)

07318. Act: Brandy, Cochineal, &c Importation 1823 Original and complete act of Parliament relating to Session of the Parliament held 23rd January 1727 printed and published 1823. An Act relating to the importation of Foreign Brandy and other waters and spirits, Cochineal . . . preventing frauds in the customs; Silk manufacture; making Copper Ore; Suppressing Piracy . . .. Headed Anno Secundo Georgii II Regis. 5 sheets including title page complete and intact ending Finis. Printed LONDON by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1823. Lightly rubbed and damaged borders and bent corners string binding very good condition. Click here for larger image Price: £15.00 / $22.50

00951. Act: Cochineal Import 1727 Original and complete act of Parliament 1727. An Act for the free Importation of Cochineal, during the time therein limited.Excellent condition. Price: £10.00 / $15.00

00964. Act: Debts to the Army 1713 Original and complete Act of Parliament: Queen Anne 1713. An Act to Revive and Continue the Act for Taking, Examining, and Stating the Publick Accounts of the Kingdom; And also to continue the Act for Appointing Commissioners to Take, Examine, and Determine the Debts due to the Army, Transport Service, and Sick and Wounded. Close croped otherwise excellent condition. Price: £15.00 / $22.50

00957. Act: Drugs Rags and Apples 1724 Original and complete act of Parliament 1724. An Act for rating such unrated Goods and Merchandizes, as are usually imported into this Kingdom. . . ; and for Repealing certain Duties upon Drugs and Rags; and for Continuing the Duty uppon Apples; and for ascertaining the Metod of Admeasuring Pictures imported. Excellent condition. Price: £15.00 / $22.50

00961. Act: East Indies and Pilots of Dover 1721 Original and complete act of Parliament 1721. An Act for the further preventing His Majesties from trading to the East-Indies under Foreign Commissions; and for encouraging and further securing the lawful Trade thereto; and for futher regulating the Pilots of Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Thanet. Excellent condition. Price: £10.00 / $15.00

04088. Act: Fresh Fish 1714 Original and complete act of Parliament First Year of the reign of George I 1714. An Act for Preventing Fresh Fish taken by Foreigners being imported into the Kingdom and import of lobsters and Turbets and preservation of Salmon . . . Total five pages complete ending FINIS elaborate first letter W design. Close cropped at top and foxed throughout very good condition. Click here for larger image Price: £15.00 / $22.50

00965. Act: Impoirtation of Books & Prints 1714 Original and complete Act of Parliament: Queen Anna 1714. An Act for Taking away the new Additional Duty of Thirty Pounds per centum ad Valorem, Imposed uppon all Books and Prints Imported into Great britain, by an Act made in the Tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Anne.Close croped otherwise excellent condition. Price: £20.00 / $30.00

00962. Act: Navigation of the Thames 1714 Original and complete act of Parliament 1714. An act for the Speedy and Effectual preserving the Navigation of the River of Thames, by Stopping the Breach in the Levels of havering and Dagenham in the County of Essex; and for Ascertaining the Coal Measure. Title page close croped otherwise excellent condition. Price: £15.00 / $22.50

07658. Act: Preventing Excessive Horse Racing 1786 Original and complete act of Parliament relating to 5th Session of the Parliament held 1st December 1741 printed and published 1787. An Act . . . to prevent excessive and deceitful Gaming; and to restrain and prevent the excessive increase of Horse Racing. Headed Anno Decimo Octavo Georgii II Regos. 4 sheets including title page complete and intact ending Finis. Printed LONDON by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1787. Lightly rubbed and damaged borders and bent corners string binding very good condition. Click here for larger image Price: £15.00 / $22.50

07657. Act: Preventing Theft & disorderly Houses 1885 Original and complete act of Parliament relating to Session of the Parliament held 10th November 1747 printed and published 1885. An Act for the better preventing Thefts and Robberies and for regulating . . . disorderly Houses. Headed Anno Vicesimo Quinto Georgii II Regis. 4 sheets including title page complete and intact ending Finis. Printed LONDON by Eyre and Spottiswoode Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1885. String binding excellent condition. Click here for larger image Price: £12.00 / $18.00

07307. Belarus Food Coupons 1990 Issued Belarus Uncut sheet of Food coupons of various unites 1 to 50 with central panel for personal details stamped officially. Worn borders excellent condition. Cyrillic text blank reverse. c1990 152mm x 207mm Click here for larger image Price: £4.00 / $6.00

04057. Belarus Food Coupons 1990 Un-Issued Belarus Uncut sheet of Food coupons of various unites 1 to 50 with central panel for personal details blank. Worn borders excellent condition. Cyrillic text blank reverse. c1990 152mm x 207mm Click here for larger image Price: £4.00 / $6.00

09762. Coins Single Sheet Blaue's English Coins 1645 Single page (two sides) with illustrations of Early British coins and French text headed Conjectures sur les Monnoyes Britanniens taken from Johann Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus, part 4 covering Great Britain. Published in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1645. 310mm x 552mm. The 18 illustrations of both the obverse and reverse are of silver and gold coins of carefully delineated various accurate designs and Early British period. Excellent condition intact. <<BR><BR>>!! Click here for larger image Price: £10.00 / $15.00

09764. Blaeu Atlas Cumberland Page Page 1645 Single two sided text page with illustrations taken from Johann Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus, part 4 covering Great Britain. Published in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1645. 310mm x 5528mm. The 460 page Atlas with French text much translated from Camden's Britannia. The text refers to the County of Cumberland and the illustrations are figurative. Good condition intact. Click here for larger image Price: £8.00 / $12.00

04389. England Almanac & Diary 1879 Diary of R N Stevenson London. The North British and Mercantile Insurance Company Incorporated by Royal Charter Almanac and Diary for 1879 published by Chief Offices Edinburgh & London soft cover 113 pages. 8vo. Extended manuscript entries through the year. Highly decorative pages with usual information. Gilt edges. Very lightly soiled and raised corners. Cover has 'Private' written across and on top margin. Used in very good condition.. Price: £15.00 / $22.50

04390. England Almanac & Diary 1880 Diary of R N Stevenson London. The North British and Mercantile Insurance Company Incorporated by Royal Charter Almanac and Diary for 1880 published by Chief Offices Edinburgh & London soft cover 113 pages. 8vo. Manuscript entries through the year. Highly decorative pages with usual information. Gilt edges. Very lightly soiled and raised corners otherwise excellent. Price: £15.00 / $22.50

04714. England Cigar Invoices Ledger 1939-51 Cigar Importer's Ledger Book with pasted invoices and receipts of Cigar Brands and Companies covering the period March 1939 to April 1951: J Garcia & Co; Jamaica Tobacco Company Limited; H Upman; F Palicio y Cia; Partagas. Pages listing quantities and types and prices. Invoices in the high hundreds all legible and intact. Volume cover damaged from extensive use, back cover disbound. Overall grubby. Content legible and intact. Unusual interesting smoking tobacco and cigar item. Click here for larger image Price: £75.00 / $112.50

10054. France Asiette au Beurre Politics 1907 France L'Assiette au Beure N0 328 - 13 July 1907 French text weekly anecdotal newspaper. 16 folio pages dedicated to La Fête à Marianne political satire front page with full colour caricature of Marianne with French pharymgian cap and receiving flowers from an officer. Other colour and black and white illustrations by signed artists. Used with edge tears and folds in very good condition. 341mm x 485mm. Click here for larger image Price: £8.00 / $12.00

01848. France 'Brevet de Presence' 1870 France original certificate headed République Française unissued but hand signed Certificate Siége de Paris 1870-1871 Brevet de Présence Certificate as evidence of the owner's presence at the Siege of Paris which began on 17 September 1870. Manuscript signature of Le Directeur des Brevets de Présence. dated 1871 with blank space for recipient's name and date. Parchment like paper in excellent condition. 250mm x 360mm NOTE: The Siege of Paris lasted until 28 January 1872 and brought about the defeat of the French in the Franco-Prussian War which ultimately led to the establishment of the German Empire. Price: £40.00 / $60.00

01941. France 'Convention Nationale' James Fox 1793 France original manuscript certificate headed Convention Nationale. - Comité de Sureté Généale et de Surveillance de la Convention Nationaledated 2 April 1793 l'an second de la République française, une et indivisible. Remainder of text in manuscript stating: Les Citozens (a term by which the aristocracy was referred to during the French Revolution) Butin and Bigos ont conduit au comité . . . la dame Eliot, et y ont déposé un payment à l'adresse de Charles James Fox. La dame Eliot a été introgée, le payment a été ouvert et on a reconnûqu'il ne conenait rien de suspect. two signatures of Les members du comité de sureté générale and on left separate Eliot. Appears to be the vindication of Lady Eliot brought before the securities committee for addressing a package to Charles James Fox and finding nothing suspicious in the package. Very light foxing, single sheet 205mm x 322mm generally excellent condition. Interesting England linked French Revolution manuscript document. NOTE:Charles James Fox (1749-1806) prominent British Whig statesman and a staunch opponent of George III, whom he regarded as an aspiring tyrant; Fox supported the American revolutionaries. He spent entirety of his political career in opposition and became noted as an anti-slavery campaigner, a supporter of the French Revolution, and a leading parliamentary advocate of religious tolerance and individual liberty. Price: £45.00 / $67.50

00616. France 'Convention Nationale' Warrant 1793 France original manuscript French Revolutionary certificate headed Convention Nationale. - Comité de Sureté Généale et de Surveillance de la Convention Nationaledated 16 July 1793 manuscript text in French 3 paragraphs opening with name and address of Marquis of Chaumont and instructions for his arrest and interrogation together with the seizur of his documents. . . sera arête et conduit au Comite de Surete . . . With six signatures and a prominent wax seal stamped with the arms and logo. Additional manuscript annotation and signature at top of document.Very light foxing, single sheet 205mm x 322mm generally excellent condition. Interesting French Revolution manuscript document. NOTEMarquis of Chaumont dit Lavieville Price: £25.00 / $37.50

01850. France French Revolution Military 1794 Original French Certificate appointing L F B Lenoir as Chef de Bataillon a Major in what became Napoleon's Imperial Guard. The document is headed Au nom de la République Française giving details of the recipient's rise from Subaltern to Captain, and details of actions he participated in. Manuscript signatures of Carnot President (Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Comte Carnot (1753-1823) politician, engineer, and mathematician organizer of the victory in the French Revolutionary Wars) also Le Secréteaire General and Le Minsitre de la Guerre.Embossed seal. 360mm x 480mm. Usual heavy folds and with light damage in very good condition. Price: £275.00 / $412.50

01853. France Legion d'Honneur Certificate 1819 France original decorative certificate of theChevalier de L'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur the highest rank of Knight awarded to Petit (Jean Marie-Chambroise) with manuscript insertions and signatures. Dated 1819 and signed eith stamp of King Louis 18th Louis further manuscript original signatures of the Secrétaire General de L'Ordre and the Grand Chancelier de l'Ordre With embossed seal. 445mm x 360mm. Excellent condition. NOTE: The Légion d'honneur or Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) was established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the First Republic, on May 19, 1802. It is the highest decoration in France and is divided into five various degrees of which the Chevalier (Knight) is the highest. Price: £275.00 / $412.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

10522. Malta Certificate of Marriage 1827 Malta Certificate of Marriage Printed and manuscript document dated September 3rd 1827 stating that John Barlow bachelor of the town of Mancheter , Lancashire, England aged 21 and upwards and Selina Hervey, spinster were married in Malta under livence of his Excellency Lieutenant Governor . . . the HonJ C Parson . . . on 29th August 1827. Followed by five authographs of John Clough the official Clek and other witnesses include Thomas Corlett; William Alves natural folds lightly damaged lightly soiled paper used document generally in very good condition. 200mm 310mm Price: £50.00 / $75.00

07246. Malta 'Matrimonio' Manuscript Music Italy/Malta Manuscript music score Il Matrimonio Cavatina Buffa Parole E Musica di (written and composed by) Guglielmo Cumbo. Full scap with cover all in ink manuscript 8 pages c1920s. includes lyrics and instructions to performer. Name Aziz Boulos and Arabic text appear on lower margin of each page. Cover has damaged edges. Lightly soiled excellent condition. Manuscript. 270mm x 333mm. Click here for larger image Price: £30.00 / $45.00

10482. Russia Identity Ration Card 1977 Russian Identity Card possibly ration book 10 pages hardbound with entries in manuscript and formal counter stamp. Cyrillic alphabet with owners details date of birth 1935. Portrait of Lenin on inside cover. As new. 78mm x 112mm Price: £8.00 / $12.00

05355. Scotland Edinburgh Evening Courant 1787 The Edinburgh Evening Courant No. I0,787 Thursday, March 15. 1787 complete 4 pages. Various news items of local and national interest. Letters and correspondence and interesting range of advertisments. Used and soiled copy generally in very good condition. 320mm x 470mm NOTE: The Edinburgh Courant, one of the country's first regional papers, began circulation in February 1705 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland as a 1 penny broadsheet newspaper twice weekly until 1710. From 1710 until 1720 it was published as the Scots Courant and as the Edinburgh Evening Courant until 1873, when the Evening News saw the light of day. The author Daniel Defoe and the naval historian James Hannay were Editors, in the early 18th century and between 1860 and1864, respectively. Click here for larger image Price: £15.00 / $22.50

09845. Turkey Ottoman Abdul Hamid II Edict 1878 Turkey Ottoman Official Edict in Turkish language Arabic Script c1878. 26 decorative scripted calligraphic lines headed with embossed seal with laurel of leaves and printed Arabic text and stamped formal seal attesting to the official nature of the document. At base manuscript signatures and seals superimposed on tax stamp depicting the Sultan's Tughra. Reverse two tax stamps with signed endorsements in manuscript. Philatelic stamps for 20 Para depict the Tuhgra of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II dating the document to c1878 Large document with extensive margins. Usual folds with natural light soiling generally in excellent condition. Turkey 507mm x 764mm. Click here for larger image Price: £75.00 / $112.50

00368. Turkey Istanbul Certificate 1922 Turkey Religious document. Certificate issued by the Parish Convent of St. Antoine's Catholic Church in Para Turkey. French text printed and manuscript dated Constantinople, 20 October 1922 confirming that Miss Anais daughter of Jean Dellasuda belongs to the Parish. Signed by the Curate on decorated certificate with red seal of Délégation Apostolique Constantinople Usual folds lightly soiled in very good condition 247mm x 196mm Price: £10.00 / $15.00

07365. Turkey Fire Insurance Extension 1925 Turkey L'Union Compagnie Anonyme d'Assurance Contre L'Iincendie Prolongation De La Police (The Union Fire Inusrance Company) 26 July 1925 certificate extending for 12 months for Sphie D Fardhi at Ferikeuy Turkey. French text typewritten entries and facsimile signature with hand stamp containing Arabic (Turkish) text. Central fold some crease generally very good condition. 296mm x 176mm Click here for larger image Price: £6.00 / $9.00

00394. Vellum Deed Essex Reconveyance 1881 Full manuscript page 710mm x 525mm Reconveyance on Vellum dated 6 December 1881 for property in Loughton Essex from Joseph Harris to Ellen Laybourne & William Ellis. Highly decorative with three red seal embossed and signed. Usual tax stamp and seal. Excellent condition. Price: £25.00 / $37.50

00379. Vellum Deed London Lease 1884 Double full manuscript pages each 730mm x 525mm Counterpart Lease on Vellum dated 15 August 1884 for address in Kilburn 'North from Shirland Road West Middlesex'. To Mr Valentine Harcourt. Includes a map plan coloured in the second page. Decorative with usual central red seal embossed and signed. Tax stamp and seals. Highly ornate title heading. Lightly soiled and excellent condition. Price: £25.00 / $37.50

08775. Vellum Deed Southwark Mortgage 1856 Full manuscript page 725mm x 520mm Mortgage on Vellum dated 25th September 1856 'Mortgage of Leasehold premises situated in Gray Street in the Parish of St George the Martyr Southwark'. From William Whaley to The National Industrial Life Assurance Company with embossed tax stamp and central red wax seal and signed. Usualy light soiling to edges otherwise excellent condition. Price: £12.00 / $18.00

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