"THE MOST INTERESTING MOTIONS, SPEECHES, RESOLUTIONS": ALMON'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS, 1792 FIRST EDITION

(GREAT BRITAIN) (ALMON, John, editor). The History, Debates, and Proceedings of Both Houses of Parliament of Great Britain, from the Year 1743 to the Year 1774. London: J. Debrett, 1792. Seven volumes. Octavo, contemporary full speckled brown calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, red and black morocco spine labels. $7000.

First edition of the first complete collection published of Parliamentary proceedings from 1743 to 1774, an important and often-cited resource covering the most significant historical and political events in Parliament leading up to the Revolutionary War, in handsome contemporary bindings.

Political writer and publisher John Almon took over Richard Chandler's project of compiling British parliamentary records after Chandler's death in 1744, updating the proceedings from 1743 to 1774. These collected records of a crucial period in British history provide documentation of the development of the Revolutionary War along with vital reference material for early American political thinkers; among the items of interest are the resolutions which led to the passing of the Stamp Act, a complete transcript of Benjamin Franklin's 1766 testimony and the text of the "Speech Against the Suspending and Dispensing Prerogative." All half titles present except in volumes II and III, which appear to have been issued without them. ESTC T66571. Sabin 32112. Goldsmiths'-Kress 15063.

Scattered faint foxing, contents otherwise clean; extremities lightly rubbed, four vulumes with expert restoration to joints and spine ends. A handsome set.