Fp.2.03(01)
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1718]
Anno regni Georgii Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, quarto. 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. And from thence continued by several prorogations to the twentieth day of December, 1717, being the third session of this present parliament.
London, : Printed by John Baskett, printer to the Kings most excellent majesty; and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd., 1718.
196, [4] p. ; 32cm (Fo.).
Title from title-page of first statute. This general title-page precedes each individual act.
The final four leaves contain a table that indexes the public Acts (i-xiv) and lists private Acts, 1-25, and has a colophon dated 1718.
T.p. vignettes (royal arms); woodcut initials; printed marginalia.
Chiefly black letter.
ESTC, N53224
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
18th century mid brown calf; blind tooled double fillet border; second frame of blind tooled double fillet with swag tool and fleurons at corners; gold tooled roll on board edges; traces of red morocco spine label with gold tooled decoration; red sprinkled edges.
First of two items in volume.
Previous shelfmark: Dk.3.4.
Great Britain Parliament
Statutes Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Law Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Great Britain History George I, 1714-1727 Early works to 1800.
Baskett, John, 1666 or 7 - 1742 printer.
Great Britain Sovereign (1714-1717 : George I)
Assigns of Thomas Newcomb printer.
Assigns of Henry Hills printer.
England London.
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