Remembrances Order Decency Kept Upper by Anonymous (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: vg. In a Nice Red Morocco Binding with the Arms of George IIA fine 18th-century manuscript, being the rules for the House of Lords, beautifully bound in full red paneled morocco featuring the gilt arms of King Geor. Octavo. 18th-century full red paneled morocco, gilt spine, leather label. Covers ruled and paneled in gilt, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. With the coat of arms of King George II on both covers, Some edge and corner wear. Otherwise clean and nice. Approximately [100] pages of pen & ink manuscript in a neat hand on quality laid paper stock. In a Nice Red Morocco Binding with the Arms of George IIA fine 18th-century manuscript, being the rules for the House of Lords, beautifully bound in full red paneled morocco featuring the gilt arms of King George II as centerpieces on both covers. Such guides for the rules and conduct of members of Parliament were intended as useful references and included a variety of instructions and information. The present neatly penned manuscript comprises a kind of handy guidebook of Parliamentary protocol with Standing Orders of the House of Lords relating to Public Business. Such compact works were created for the use of peers during Parliamentary sessions. The "remembrances" referred to herein are mostly Orders extracted from the Journals of the House of Lords, handily arranged chronologically.Index at end provides the flavor of the subject matter: Attendants, Assistants, Appeals to Murther, Bishops, Earl Banbury, Blood Restitution, Doorkeepers, House (respect to it), King's Counsel, Lords Sitting, Speaker, Trial of Peers in Full Parliament, Voting (manner of it). Book.