Shelfmark
Fp.2.01
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1753]
Title
Anno regni Georgii II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, vicesimo sexto. At the parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the tenth day of November, Anno Dom. 1747. in the twenty first year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. And from thence continued by several prorogations to the eleventh day of January, 1753, being the sixth session of this present parliament.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by Thomas Baskett, printer to the King's most excellent majesty; and by the assigns of Robert Baskett., 1753.
Physical description
530, [12] p. ; 32cm (Fo.).
Note
Title from title-page of first statute. This general title-page precedes each individual act.
Note
The final twelve leaves contain a table that indexes the public Acts (I-CI) and lists private Acts, 1-47, and has a colophon dated 1753.
Note
T.p. vignettes (royal arms); woodcut initials; printed marginalia.
Note
Chiefly black letter.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T127051
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Binding
18th century mid brown calf; blind tooled double fillet border with two lines of swag-and-leaf roll on spine side; blind tooled roll on board edges; red morocco spine label with gold tooled decoration; red sprinkled edges.
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 II, 1727-1760 Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Baskett, Thomas, ? - 1761 printer.
Added entry--name
Assigns of Robert Baskett printer.
Added entry--name
Great Britain Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II)
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B43763