The Ancient Method and Manner of Holding. [And Two Other Titles]

12mo. (5-1/2" x 3"; 14 cm x 8 cm). Three Restoration-Era Treatises on Parliament Elsynge, Henry [1598-1654]. The Ancient Method and Manner of Holding Parliaments in England. Third edition enlarged. London: Printed for S.S. and to be sold by Tho. Dring, 1675. [xii], 371, [1] pp. Final page blank. [Bound with] Hakewell, W[illiam] [1574-1655]. Modus Tenendi Parliamentum: Or, The Old Manner of Holding Parliaments in England. Extracted Out of Our Ancient Records. With Certain Municipal Rights and Customes of England. Together with Some Priviledges of Parliament: The Manner and Method How Laws are There Enacted by Passing of Bills. Collected Out of the Journal of the House of Commons. Fourth and final edition. London: Printed for Abel Roper, 1671. [viii], 220 pp. Two parts, the second, The Manner How Statutes are Enacted in Parliament by Passing of Bills, with separate title page dated 1670 and table of contents. [And] [Scobell, Henry (d. 1660)]. Memorials of the Method and Manner of Proceedings in Parliament in Passing Bills. Together with Several Rules & Customs, Which by Long and Constant Practice Have Obtained the Name of Orders of the House. Gathered by Observation, And Out of the Journal Books from the Time of Edward 6. Second edition. London: S.n., 1670. 116, [4] pp. 12mo. (5-1/2" x 3"; 14 cm x 8 cm). Contemporary calf, blind rules and black-stamped corner fleurons to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and leather lettering piece to spine. Gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few small spots to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities. Front board starting at ends but secure, light creasing to spine and very light chipping to foot of spine. Corners bumped and lightly worn, rear hinge starting. Early ownership signature ("M. Wyvill) to front pastedown. Light toning to interior with occasional light foxing and soiling. Corners of a few leaves worn without loss to text. A small spark burn to leaf Q6 (pp. 347-348) of first work affecting headline without loss to legibility. $1,250. * This scarce Restoration-era compilation serves as an artifact of the intense constitutional resetting of English parliamentary power under King Charles II. Bound together for practical reference, these three scarce procedural treatises provided the definitive legal architecture for a newly empowered House of Commons asserting its.…