Shelfmark
Fp.01.04
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1695-1696]
Title
Anno regni Gulielmi III. Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, septimo. : At the Parliament begun at Westminster the two and twentieth day of November, anno Dom. 1695. In the seventh year of the reign of our sovereign lord William the third, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty., 1695 [i.e. 1696]
Physical description
759, [5] p. ; 32 cm (Fo.).
Note
Title vignettes (royal coat-of-arms).
Note
Woodcut initials.
Note
The table indexes the public Acts and lists private Acts.
Note
Text in black letter.
Note
With two final contents leaves bearing tables of the public and private acts passed in the 1694-1695 session of Parliament.
Note
Each act has its own general title page. The first two acts are dated 1695 for the first fourteen statutes; the regnal year is given as "septemo" for the first five statutes; the rest of the statutes are dated 1696 and have "septimo & octavo" in title.
Note
Final page is blank.
Note
Title from title page for first statute.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R223064
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on t.p. verso. Inscription on t.p.: Liber Coll: Eton:
Binding
17th century mid brown calf: blind tooled tulip roll and double fillet frame; large fleurons at each corner; blind tooled double fillet border; gold tooled roll on board edges; blind tooled double fillet on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled decoration; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Di.3.7.
Copy-specific note
Occasional marginal annotation in contemporary hand.
Subject
Great Britain. Parliament
Subject
Statutes Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Law Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Law reports, digests, etc. Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History William and Mary, 1689-1702.
Added entry--name
Executrix of Thomas Newcomb. printer.
Added entry--name
Bill, Charles printer.
Added entry--name
England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III)
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B43472