CHANNEL ISLANDS. – William Le MARCHANT. The Rights and Immunities of the Island of Guernsey… Shewing the Ruin and Distress the Subversion of their Privileges brings on that Island; the Prejudice it is of Great Britain; and the Advantages that result therefrom to France. London: 1805. 8vo (208 x 126mm.) (Damp-staining from title to D2, browning, blanks and endpapers replaced.) 21st century brown half russia over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Note: rare. ESTC records a copy published in 1771, but auction records show a publication in 1770. – And a further five related volumes (‘A Brief Description and Historical Notices of the Island of Jersey’, 1832, 12mo, and Abraham Jones le Cras’ ‘The Constitution of Jersey, Shewing Its Incorporation with the Kingdom of England, by Henry I’, 1857, 8vo, and ‘Doleance of Philip Marett, Esq., a Jurat, Against a Sentence of the Royal Court of Jersey’, 1816, 8vo, and ‘An Order of His Majesty’s Privy Council… Relative to the Refusal of the States of the Island of Jersey to approve of certain Expenses and Estimates for the Erection of the New Prison’, [1815], 8vo) (6).