Shelfmark
Fn.7.23
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Public General Acts. 1714-1719. Abridgments.]
Title
An exact abridgment of all the statutes in force and use, from the end of the reign of Queen Anne, to the beginning of the sixth year of King George. Vol. V.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed by His Majesty's printers. And by the assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq; and are to be sold by R. Gosling, at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleet-street., MDCCXX. [1720]
Physical description
[32], 368, [20] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
Published to accompany: "An Exact abridgement of all the statutes in force and use, from Magna Charta, 9 H. 3. to the beginning of the reign of King George. In four volumes." London, 1720.
Note
Title enclosed within a simple double-ruled letterpress border.
Note
Signatures: pi² A⁸ a⁴ B-2B⁸ 2C².
Citation/references note
ESTC, N309
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
18th century calf; border of blind double fillets with blind roll parallel to spine; traces of spine labels.
Copy-specific note
Bound as a set with v.1-4 in the 1720 edition, and with v.6 in the 1725 edition.
Copy-specific note
Previously Di.5.09.
Subject
Law Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Gosling, Robert, ? - d. 1741 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--name
Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B42755