Parliamentary cases, proposals, petitions, reports, addresses, etc.

14. The case of the inhabitants in the suburbs of Bath... in relation to the hire of chairs. 1738/9, [not traced in ESTC]
25. Books printed by the booksellers of London and Westminster. [1774], [ESTC T16363 (1 copy)]
54. Observations on the sketch of the dispute between the Cordwainers and Curriers. [1738?], [ESTC N41346 (2 copies)]
98. The case of the Stafford election. [dated in manuscript 1724 or 1725], [ESTC T17415 (1 copy)]
105. The case of the Essex importers of French oysters. [1737?], [ESTC N42323 (1 copy)]
134. The case of Mr. Thomas Peirce with regard to his styptic medicines. [1764?], [ESTC T68281 (3 copies)]
166. The proposal for a horse patrole through all the great roads of the kingdom... under directions of the General Post-office. [1764?], 2pp., [ESTC T93171 (2 copies)]
174. [Boulton, Matthew] Memorial relative to assaying and marking wrought plate at Birmingham, &c. [1773], 4pp., [ESTC T72552 (2 copies)]
189. The report of John Smeaton upon the harbour of Rye. [1763], 10pp., folding engraved map, [ESTC T73819 (4 copies)]
200. Considerations on the Levant trade, relating to the importation of silk from Turkey. [1729?], 2pp., [ESTC T225086 (1 copy)]
209. The case of the Reverend Sutton Morgan... in relation to the Light-house, erected on the dangerous rock, or island of Skerry's, near Holyhead, in the county of Angelsea. [c.1730?], 4pp., [not traced in ESTC]
219. A proposal... to prevent the excessive drinking of spirituous liquors. [1729?], 2 copies, 2pp., [ESTC T190326 (1 copy)]
234. The case of the proprietors of the theatre in Goodmans-fields. [1735?], 2 copies, 2pp., [ESTC N47037 (1 copy)]
250. A new method humbly offered to the consideration of the Parliament, for carrying on the whale-fishing to great advantage. [1725?], 4pp., [ESTC N50972 (1 copy)]
267. Facts and reasons tending to shew, that the proposed canal, from the Trent to the Mersey, ought not to terminate at Northwich and Burton. [1766?], 16pp., [ESTC T35145 and 6]
all but 3 with docket titles on last page, bound with many others similar (for further details contact the Book Department or view on www.sothebys.com), folio, some soiling, occasional tears or ink marks, cloth covers detached; sold as a collection, not subject to return

Some of the other items in this lot are as follows:

The case of the creditors of the Royal African Company of England (2)
A short state of the case of John Angell, esq... concerning the lights on the Spurne (5)
Observations on the reasons for passing the bill for the more effectual dreyning and preservation of the... Bedford-Level (16)
Answers to the observations... to enquire into the state of the linen trade (21)
Observations on the Bill for making roads from the south end of Black-Friars Bridge (24)
An account of the expence of correcting and improving sundry books [docket title] (26)
Reasons for passing the Bill for repairing the highways from Brampton-Bridge in the county of Northampton, to Welford-Bridge (30)
Brief observations and calculations on the present high price of provisions, [1765] (37)
Proposals for a subscription more effectually to carry on the manufactures of cambrick and black soap at the town of Dundalk in the kingdom of Ireland (39)
The erection-charter of the church of Carlisle (43)
On Friday last, the 31st of May, 1751; a petition of the Cheesemongers, 1751 (47)
The Clothiers case, &c., [1720] (50)
The Coal-heavers case (51)
Society of Protestant Dissenting ministers, and others, meeting at the New-York coffee-house, Sweeting's-alley, Cornhill, London, 1773 (67)
Reasons... for encouraging the distilling of British spirits (74)
The case relating to the chusing a place for the construction of a harbour near the Downs (77)
Case in relation to the improving and compleating the navigation of the river Dun (80)
Reasons humbly offered against part of the Bill for the better viewing, searching, and examining drugs, medicines, &c. (82)
The case of Thomas Powell esq. in relation to the double return for Cardigan, n.d. (87)
Case of the sitting member for the town and port of Dover (88)
Case of the magistrates, and town council of the city of Glasgow (91)
Linlithgow election, [1770] (93)
The case of the borough of Plympton (97)
The poll taken at the town-hall, in the city or borough of Wells, 1765 (100)
The Gosport case (115)
The case of insolvent debtors confined in the several goals in this kingdom (120)
Extract of the Daily Journal of the 21st March, relating to the project for making iron with pit-coal (121)
The case of Jordan Langdale of Cliff, in the county of York (127)
Reasons against the dissolution of the Laudable Society for the Benefit of Widows (130)
Observations upon the Bill... for ascertaining, preserving, and improving the navigation of the river Lee (135)
The insincerity of the Levant company exposed (136)
Reasons humbly offer'd... against passing the Bill for laying duties upon goods which may be brought by Her Majesty's subjects from Scotland to England after the commencement of the Union (144)
The case of the petitioners against brigning in a Bill for erecting a new workhouse in the town of Manchester (149)
Impartial considerations on the cultivation of madder in England (155)
Proposals for printing weekly, by subscription, a book, entitled, Lex Mercatoria Rediviva, or, the Merchant's Directory, 1750-1 (157)
The case of the nursery-men and gardiners (163)
The case of the county of Middlesex, with respect to the gaol of Newgate (164)
The case of the prisoner, [1768] (172)
A scheme for the better relief and employment of the poor, 1765 (182)
The case relating to the enlarging of the pier and harbour at Ramsgate (185)
The case of the master shoemakers (198)
Observations on the duty upon soap (201)
The Ostend trade consider's; so far as it relates to prohibited East-India silks, &c. (204)
The case of the masters and owners of ships belonging to Whitehaven, Workington, Parton, and Ellenfoot in Cumberland, trading with coals to Dublin with respect to... Skerry's light-house (210)
The case of Susannah Smith... now an inhabitant of Suratt (212)
Observations on the Levant company's petition &c. for lowering the duty on Smyrna raisins (213)
The case of the dealers in tea (229)
The case of John Mills, Benjamin Johnson, James Quin... and the rest of the comedians of the Theatres-royal of Drury-Lane and Covent-garden (231)
Some thoughts on the present state of the theatres, and the consequences of an act to destroy the liberty of the stage (235)
Reasons humbly offered in favour of the bridge to be built over the Thames, from Walton to Shepperton (247)
The case of Walter Lynn, M.B. in relation to divers undertakings... particularly for the improvement of an engine to raise water by fire, which would save a vast expence of coals to the nation &c. offer'd to Parliament in 1726. With other essays for the draining of mines, the improvement of lands, &c. (251)
A proposal for raising water from the river Thames to serve the city and suburbs of Westminster, engraved map at foot of page (252)
Abstract of the proposed act of Parliament for an effectual and uniform watch with patroles for the city and liberty of Westminster (254)
The case of the new invention for weaving tapestry in the loom (257)

The Law Society of England and Wales was founded in 1825, with a library forming part of the original prospectus for the Society, and by 1832 it was housed in its present elegant building on Chancery Lane. The current selection of 22 lots all have library stamps reflecting their history and have been marked to indicate their deaccession from the Law Society’s holdings.