BINDING, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS' COPY - The Royal Kalendar, London, 1848, large 12mo, FINELY BOUND in contemporary straight-grained armorial morocco gilt with "The Speaker" stamped in gilt on the covers.

BINDING, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS' COPY - The Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies, for the Year 1848. Containing a Correct List of the Fifteenth Imperial Parliament, Summoned to Meet for their First Session November 18, 1847. London: Printed for R. & A. Suttaby (and others), [1848]. 2 works bound in one volume [with Companion to the Calendars, for the Year 1848], large 12mo (175 x 105mm). (Occasional light spotting and staining.) FINELY BOUND in contemporary scarlet straight-grained armorial morocco gilt, gilt edges (corners rubbed). Provenance: "The Speaker" (stamped in gilt on both covers beneath the Royal coat-of-arms). Bound for Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley (1794-1888), who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839-57, the second longest-serving speaker in Parliamentary history. "[Shaw-Lefevre] proved himself a speaker of distinction. He set himself to reform procedure, and during the stormy debates on Irish questions in O'Connell's time, and afterwards on free trade, maintained order firmly and impartially. He was very dignified, strong, and tactful, and the business of the house benefited greatly by his election" (DNB).