Several treatises of parliaments ...
Publisher: Printed and sold by B. Barker ... and R. Chinery ...
Published: 1703
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Rules and practice; Great Britain. Parliament
Notes: Each pt. has special t.p., except pt. 1.

Pt. 2 t.p. reads: 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. ... ; to which is added, The authority, form, and manner of holding parliaments, by Sir Tho. Smith ...

Pt. 2 has imprint: London : Printed for M. Gilliflower ..., 1685; pts. 3-4 have imprint : London : Printed by F. L. for Matt. Gilliflower ..., 1685.

Pts. 3-4 signed continuously: A¹²-C⁶, D¹²-E⁶.

Pt. 1: 116, [4] p.; pt. 2: [4], 116 p.; pt. 3: [2], 58 p. (p. 20 and 21 misnumbered 14 and 20); pt. 4: [2], 34 p.

Pt. 2 contains only The authority, form, and manner of holding parliaments.
Table of contents: title: The manner and method of parliaments / H. S.; title: The authority, form, and manner of holding parliaments / Sir Tho. Smith; title: The opinions of several learned antiquaries, viz. Dodridge, Agar, Tate, Camden, Holland, Cotton, Selden; title: The method of passing bills in Parliament / Henry Elsinge.