Shelfmark
Fp.1.18
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1715-1716]
Title
Anno regni Georgii Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, primo. At the parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the seventeenth day of March, Anno Dom. 1714. in the first year of the reign of our sovereign lord George, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. being the first session of this present parliament.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by John Baskett, printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, And by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd., 1715.
Physical description
728, [8] p. ; 33cm (Fo.).
Note
Title from title-page of first statute. This general title-page precedes each individual act.
Note
The final two leaves contain a table that indexes the public Acts (i-lvi) and lists private Acts, 33-48, and has a colophon dated 1716.
Note
Woodcut initials; printed marginalia.
Note
Chiefly black letter.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N53685
Citation/references note
ESTC, N53648
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on t.p. verso. Inscription on t.p.: Liber Coll: Eton:
Binding
18th century mid brown calf: blind tooled double fillet border with second frame composed of swag-and-dot roll and multiple line roll; fleurons at outer corners; gold tooled roll on board edges; red morocco spine label with gold tooled decoration; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Di.3.2.
Subject
Great Britain Parliament
Subject
Statutes Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Law Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History George I, 1714-1727 Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Baskett, John, 1666 or 7 - 1742 printer.
Added entry--name
Assigns of Thomas Newcomb printer.
Added entry--name
Great Britain Sovereign (1714-1727 : George I)
Added entry--name
Assigns of Henry Hills. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B43722