Shelfmark
Fp.1.05
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1697-1698]
Title
Anno Regni Gulielmi III. Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, octavo. : At the Parliament begun at Westminster the two and twentieth day of November, anno Dom. 1695. ... and from thence continued by several prorogations and adjournments to the twentieth day of October, 1696. being the second session of this present Parliament..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd, printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty., MDCXCVI. [i.e. MDCXCVII.] [1696-1697]
Physical description
348, 351-676, [6] p. ; 32 cm. (Fo.)
Note
Without colophon; From chapter X, title pages dated 1697.
Note
Title vignettes (royal coat-of-arms).
Note
Woodcut initials.
Note
Chiefly black letter.
Note
The table indexes the public Acts and lists private Acts, chapters 1-28.
Note
Includes chapters I-XXXVII.
Note
Final leaf is blank.
Note
With two final contents leaves bearing tables of the public and private acts passed in the 1696-1697 session of Parliament; the tables are preceded by a blank leaf.
Note
Each act has its own general title page; the imprint date is given as 1696 for the first thirteen statutes; the regnal year is given as "octavo" for the first six statues; the rest of the statutes are dated 1697 and have "octavo & nono" in line 5 of title. Acts c.5-11 are dated according to Lady Day dating.
Note
Title from title page of first statute.
Note
Public General Acts. 1696-1697. 8 & 9 Gul.III
Note
Pagination errors: p. 235 is printed as 435, and pp. 349-350 are omitted.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R223066
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
Imperfect copy: lacks acts V and VI (pp. 33-142).
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Di.3.6.
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.
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
B43577