Auction No 363, Tag: English Civil War

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Cromwell's Parliament "An Act for an Assessment upon England, At the Rate of Sixty thousand Pounds"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £30
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Cromwell's Parliament An Act for an Assessment upon England, At the Rate of Sixty thousand Pounds by the Moneth, for Three Moneths; From the Twenty fifth day of March, 1657, to the Twenty fourth day of lune then next ensuing. London, 1657, folio, untrimmed; title page with coat of arms of the Commonwealth, some grime and small repair, ink notation to lower left border; 73pp of blackletter text, very good. Disbound with remains of leather backstrip preserved, original stitch holes evident. This tax was raised to maintain Britain's war effort against the Spanish.