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[BRITISH HISTORY]. A List of the Names and Persons, Together with the Places of Their Freehold and Abode, Who Voted for Knights of the Shire For the County of Bucks, At the last Election held at Aylesbury, April the Fourth and Fifth, 1722. London: Daniel Baker, Esq., High-Sherif, Printed in the Year, 1722. Small 8vo. 125, [1, blank] pp. Bound in contemporary full calf, spine tooled in gilt (rebacked, preserving the original spine, binding worn, soiled, gilt on spine nearly gone, endleaves toned, soiled, hinges repaired, text toned, foxed, intermittently soiled). Good. PRESUMED FIRST EDITION OF THIS ELECTION RECORD. At the time, British elections were matters of public record, with ballots being publicized, which is recorded in this book. All of the voters contained herein were all landowners (the only people who were eligible to vote then). This election was for 2 Members of Parliament. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF PRIME MINISTER GEORGE GRENVILLE, THE 2ND EARL OF WARWICK, WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON THE TITLE-PAGE AND HIS BOOKPLATE ON THE FP.