Politics & Law
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# 35703
PORT PHILLIP. SUPREME COURT.
Warrant on Fi. Fa. in Assumpsit. Samuel Raymond Esq., Deputy Sheriff of the District of Port Phillip, in the Colony of New South Wales, to William Johnson Sugden, my Bailiff, Greeting:
Sydney : W. J. Row, Government Printer, [1842, or earlier]. Foolscap folio (335 x 210 mm), single sheet of laid paper with Britannia watermark, printed recto only, with manuscript entries; a warrant on Fieri Facias In Assumpsit empowering William Johnson Sugden, the Deputy Sheriff’s Bailiff, to recover the sum of £23 10/- 8d in damages …
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# 36424
MOFFAT, John (1819-1894)
Henry, Lord Brougham, statesman : stereoscopic portrait. Edinburgh, 1856-57.
Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 73 x 63 mm (arched-top format), on yellow card mount 83 x 173 mm, with blind stamp of ‘Lennie / 46 Princes St. / Edinburgh’; verso with facsimile signature of the sitter ‘Henry Brougham’, and with the original Scots-Australian owner’s name in pencil ‘McMillan’; the albumen prints have excellent clarity and tonal …
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![[EARLY SYDNEY PRINTING] Receipt for payment of quit rent made to the Crown by Edward Robinson. Sydney, 29 January 1806.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/06/27165736/2022_DSFB_4071-300x300.jpg)
# 35815
HOWE, George (1771-1821) (printer)
[EARLY SYDNEY PRINTING] Receipt for payment of quit rent made to the Crown by Edward Robinson. Sydney, 29 January 1806.
Sydney, NSW : [George Howe, Government Printer], [printed 1802-06]. Printed in black ink on laid paper, 40 x 98 mm; manuscript date of 29 January 1806, with further clerical entries recording the receipt from Edwd. Robinson of 11 shillings, ‘being the Amount of one Year’s Quit-Rent due to the Crown the 28th of Sept. 1805 …
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![[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on Ballaarat compensation, (Bentley's Hotel,) together with the proceedings of the Committee. Ordered by the Council to be printed, 14th March, 1856.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104106/2022_DSFB_4829-300x300.jpg)
# 36449
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on Ballaarat compensation, (Bentley’s Hotel,) together with the proceedings of the Committee. Ordered by the Council to be printed, 14th March, 1856.
Melbourne : John Ferres, Government printer, 1856. Foolscap folio, 4 pp; roughened along one edge, else very good.
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![[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Mr. B. S. Hassall. Claim for compensation. With copies of evidence, &c. Return to Address, Mr. Humffray, 21st February, 1856.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104111/2022_DSFB_4831-300x300.jpg)
# 36448
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Mr. B. S. Hassall. Claim for compensation. With copies of evidence, &c. Return to Address, Mr. Humffray, 21st February, 1856.
Melbourne : John Ferres, Government printer, 1856. Foolscap folio, 3 pp; fine. Benden Sherral Hassall, publican of the London Hotel, Ballarat, was shot in the leg by soldiers after giving them directions to the Government Camp on the night of 28 November 1854.
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![[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Ballaarat outbreak. Petition. Ordered by the Council to be printed, 18th December, 1855.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104116/2022_DSFB_4833-300x300.jpg)
# 36447
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Ballaarat outbreak. Petition. Ordered by the Council to be printed, 18th December, 1855.
Melbourne : John Ferres, Government printer, 1855. Foolscap folio, 1 page; fine. Petition with 752 signatures, claiming compensation from the government on the grounds ‘that during and after certain disturbances, which happened on the Eureka, on and about the third December, 1854, there was a wanton and uncalled for destruction of the property of those …
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![[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Ballaarat Riots. Expenses of Troops and Police. Return to Address. Mr. Wheeler, 17th January, 1856.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104121/2022_DSFB_4835-300x300.jpg)
# 36446
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Ballaarat Riots. Expenses of Troops and Police. Return to Address. Mr. Wheeler, 17th January, 1856.
Laid upon the Council table by the Chief Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, and Ordered by the Council to be printed, 17th March, 1856. Melbourne : John Ferres, Government printer, 1856. Foolscap folio, 6 pp; fine. Provides a detailed breakdown of the government’s expenditure on enforcing law and order …
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![[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Claims for compensation for injuries and losses sustained during the Ballaarat Riots, and report of Commission thereon. Return to Address. Mr. Grant, December 7, 1855.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104126/2022_DSFB_4837-300x300.jpg)
# 36445
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Claims for compensation for injuries and losses sustained during the Ballaarat Riots, and report of Commission thereon. Return to Address. Mr. Grant, December 7, 1855.
Laid upon the Council table by the Chief Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, and Ordered by the Council to be printed, 10th January, 1856. Melbourne : John Ferres, Government printer, 1856. Foolscap folio, 6 pp; fine. This document provides a return of claims presented to the Government by over …
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![[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Gold Fields correspondence. Letter of Lieutenant Colonel Valiant. Laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary, by Command of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, and Ordered by the Council to be printed, 18th October, 1853.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104135/2022_DSFB_4841-300x300.jpg)
# 36443
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Gold Fields correspondence. Letter of Lieutenant Colonel Valiant. Laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary, by Command of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, and Ordered by the Council to be printed, 18th October, 1853.
Melbourne : John Ferres, Government printer, 1854. Foolscap folio, 2 pp; fine. Officer commanding the Troops in Victoria, Lt. Col. Thomas Valiant’s letter advising of reinforcements for the detachment of the 40th Regiment on the Sandhurst (Bendigo) gold fields, because of the threat of disturbances by miners. These extra troops have been brought from Melbourne …
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![[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Gold regulations. Laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary, by Command of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, and Ordered by the Council to be printed, 21st November, 1854.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104140/2022_DSFB_4843-300x300.jpg)
# 36442
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Gold regulations. Laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary, by Command of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, and Ordered by the Council to be printed, 21st November, 1854.
Melbourne : John Ferres, Government printer, 1854. Foolscap folio, 2 pp; fine. Details of regulations pertaining to gold licenses, claim disputes etc., printed just prior to the Eureka Rebellion.
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![[GOLD RUSH] Gold Fields. Return to Address, Mr. Murphy. 29th June, 1852 ... ordered by the Council to be printed, 20th October, 1852.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104144/2022_DSFB_4845-300x300.jpg)
# 36441
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH] Gold Fields. Return to Address, Mr. Murphy. 29th June, 1852 … ordered by the Council to be printed, 20th October, 1852.
Melbourne : Government printer, 1852. Foolscap folio, string bound, 18 pp; fine. Returns of the names of places in Victoria where gold fields are being worked, the number of gold commissioners, the number of clerks, the number of police, government expenditure relating to the administration of the gold fields, amount of gold carried by government …
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![[GOLD RUSH] Report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the claims for the discovery of gold in Victoria. Together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix. Ordered by the Council to be printed, 10th March, 1854.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104149/2022_DSFB_4847-300x300.jpg)
# 36440
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH] Report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the claims for the discovery of gold in Victoria. Together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix. Ordered by the Council to be printed, 10th March, 1854.
Melbourne : Government printer, 1854. Foolscap folio, string bound, 11 pp; fine.
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![[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the Gold Fields, together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104224/2022_DSFB_4857-300x300.jpg)
# 36435
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the Gold Fields, together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix.
Ordered by the Council to be printed, 1st November, 1853. Melbourne : Government printer, 1853. Foolscap folio, string bound, 112 pp, fine. An important and substantial Government report, pre-dating the Eureka rebellion by a year, which seeks to examine the causes and extent of unrest amongst miners on the goldfields.
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![[GOLD RUSH] Minutes of evidence. Thursday, 3rd November, 1853. (Select Committee's cross-examination of Louis John Michel and other witnesses over Michel's claim for a government reward for his discovery of gold near Warrandyte in June-July 1851).](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104057/2022_DSFB_4827-300x300.jpg)
# 36450
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH] Minutes of evidence. Thursday, 3rd November, 1853. (Select Committee’s cross-examination of Louis John Michel and other witnesses over Michel’s claim for a government reward for his discovery of gold near Warrandyte in June-July 1851).
Melbourne : John Ferres, Government Printer, 1853. Foolscap folio, string bound, 22 pp; fine and complete, as issued. From the ADB: ‘Louis John Michel (1825-1904), gold discoverer, was born on 5 July 1825 at Walworth, Surrey, England, son of Louis Michel and his wife Elizabeth, née Watts; his parents were of French origin and came …
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![[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Claims for compensation. Ballaarat. Supplementary Return to Address, Mr. Grant. 7th December, 1855.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/08/12104229/2022_DSFB_4859-300x300.jpg)
# 36434
VICTORIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
[GOLD RUSH; EUREKA REBELLION] Claims for compensation. Ballaarat. Supplementary Return to Address, Mr. Grant. 7th December, 1855.
Laid upon the Council table by the Chief Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, and Ordered by the Council to be printed, 25th January, 1856. Melbourne : John Ferres, Government printer, 1856. Foolscap folio, 1 page; fine. This document concerns a supplementary return of claims presented to the Government for …
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# 19466
PANZIROLI, Guidi (1523 - 1599)
De claris legum interpretibus libri quatuor
Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1721. Quarto, full calf (rubbed), spine with raised bands, gilt-lettered contrasting title label, previous owner’s bookplate and inscriptions to endpapers, edges stained red, portrait frontispiece, pp. [xxxii]; 660; (20); ornamental headpiece, tailpiece and initials, top of leaves a2 and a3 remargined, overall very good. Panciroli’s guide to legal practice based on biographical …