The Order and Course of Passing Bills in Parliament Divided into.

Passing Bills in Parliament [Hakewill, William (1574-1655)]. The Order and Course of Passing Bills in Parliament. Divided into 8. Sections, Viz. 1. By Whom Bills are Drawne and Presented o the Parliament. 2. Orders to bee Observed in Preferring Bills to bee Read. 3. Touching the First Reading. 4. Touching the Second Reading. 5. Touching the Third Reading. 6. Touching Provisoes and Additions, Amendments and Amendments of Amendments. 7. Touching the Sending Bills into the Upper House. 8. Touching the Royal Assent. London: Printed for I. Benson, 1641. [iv], 41, 46-47, [1] pp. Text complete despite pagination. First leaf blank. Quarto (7-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning, gradually diminishing faint dampstain to lower right corner of text block, occasional light foxing and soiling, very light edgewear to several leaves, ink library stamp and tiny early initials ("ID"?) to title page. $650. * Only edition. Hakeweill, MP for Bossiney in Cornwall, was a bencher of Lincoln's Inn and a notable legal antiquarian. This concise, historically grounded summary of the procedure for passing bills in Parliament was later incorporated into his treatise The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England (1st ed. 1641), a standard authority in seventeenth-century England. English Short-Title Catalogue R14589.…