Arcana Parliamentaria: or Precedents concerning elections, proceedings, privileges, and punishments in Parliament. : Faithfully collected out of the common and statute-law of this realm. With particular quotations of the authors in each case

Arcana Parliamentaria: or Precedents concerning elections, proceedings, privileges, and punishments in Parliament. : Faithfully collected out of the common and statute-law of this realm. With particular quotations of the authors in each case / By R.C. of the Middle Temple, Esq; To which is added, the authority, form, and manner of holding Parliaments. By the learned Sir Tho. Smith, Doctor of Laws.

Author/creator	R. C., of the Middle Temple, Esq
Other author/creator	Smith, Thomas, 1513-1577.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	London : printed for M. Gilliflower, at the Spread Eagle and Crown in Westminster-Hall, 1685.
Description	4 unnumbered pages, 116 pages ; 12mo.
Subject(s)	England and Wales. Parliament--Rules and practice. Constitutional law--Great Britain.

Portion of title	Arcana parliamentaria
Portion of title	Precedents concerning elections, proceedings, privileges, and punishments in Parliament
Local note	Joyner Rare copy has ink and red pencil markings throughout.
General note	Signatures: A-E¹².
General note	Wing (2nd ed., 1994) identifies R.C. of the Middle Temple, Esq; as Richard Crompton (presumably fl. 1573-1599). However, the work requires a 17th-century rather than a 16th-century compiler. Cf. A5r, "The writ of Parliament for the Lords", which begins: Jacobus Secundus, &c.
General note	The first leaf bears "A catalogue of the authors and books made use of in the following collection."
With note	Joyner Rare copy bound with: The several opinions of sundry learned antiquaries...Touching the antiquity, power, order, state, manner, persons and proceedings of the high-court of Parliment in England. -- The ancient method and manner of holding of parliaments in England.
References	Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), C7029A
References	English Short Title Catalogue, R36268
Acquisitions source	Joyner Rare copy Purchased from Lyppard Books, 3/18/2019
Genre/form	Rules.
Genre/form	Sammelbands (Provenance) 17th century.

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	Rare Collection	KD4215 .A33 1685	✔ Available	Request Material