An Ordinance by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, for the Preservation and Keeping together for Publique Use, such Books, Evidenees [sic], Records and Writings Sequestred or taken by Distresse or Otherwise, as are fit to be so Preserved.
London: Printed for Edw. Husbands, 1643. First edition. ESTC R17603; Wing E1780. An interesting document issued 18 November 1643, at the beginning of the English Civil War, that called for the protection and preservation of libraries and archives from sale or dispersal by the Committees for Sequestration, which were confiscating.....