Brevia Parliamentaria rediviva. . In XIII. sections. Conteining several catalogues of the numbers, dates of all bundles of original writs of summons and elections newly found, or formerly extant in the Tower of London during the reigns of King Edw. 1, 2, 3. R. 2. H. 4, 5, 6. and E. 4 being 117 bundles: ... lately discovered, and here published for the benefit of posterity, by William Prynne ...
William Prynne (1600-1669)
Category
Books
Date
1662
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048912.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],232p.,233-248 leaves,[4],249-384,369-376,393-398,[2]p. . 4to.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: B.7 [crossed through] in the closet [entered with Prynne's other works as 'Prynne's Histrio-Mastix, Registrum Brevium, & tracts. 14 vol.']. Bound with Prynne's 'The first part of a brief register' (London: 1659) and 'The second part of a brief register' (London: 1660). Old manuscript prices and shelfmark on front flyleaf: 48. manuscript annotations on front flyleaf and rear pastedown. manuscript annotations throughout. In the Dunham copy quire 2C (pp.193-200) is repeated. Register: A4,A*4,A**4,B-2H4,2H*4,2I4,2I*4,2I**2,2K-3E4.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page of 'The first part of a brief register': Wa. Williams [seventeenth-century hand]; Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819); bookplate on verso of title page of 'The first part of a brief register': Armorial, three boars' heads, differenced with a mullet; The Honble. Henry Booth. [i.e.: Henry Booth (1687-1727)].. Binding: Calf; double blind ruled; rebacked (spine entirely replaced); spine lettered in gilt directly onto leather: 'Prynne's Parliamentary writs'; fore-edge titles: 'Prins register of parliament writs 1st & [2nd] & Bre: Parl rediviva'.
Makers and roles
William Prynne (1600-1669)