[ENGLAND SOVEREIGNS]. [VICTORIA (1819-1901)]. Printed document, accomplished in manuscript, Letters of Patent, London, 8 May 1876. 1 page, 525 x 765 mm. (20½ x 30¼ in.), ON FINE PARCHMENT, margins attractively ruled in red, partly engraved heading "This Indenture," in copperplate hand, blue tax stamps, with an impression of THE GREAT SEAL OF VICTORIA IN YELLOW WAX (diameter: 16 mm. [6 5/16 in.], depicting the robed Queen on horseback), pendant on maroon twine, in original tin skippet, within original leather presentation box. A PATENT granted Kennard Knost for "An improved...apparatus for preserving meat for transportation and storage." -- [GEORGE III (1738-1820)]. WALKER, Edmund. Partly printed document signed, London, 25 June 1817. 2 sides, an oblong, tax stamp, soiled. A writ requiring the presence of Samuel Fisher in court. Together two items. (2)