Shelfmark
Fp.2.03(02)
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1719]
Title
Anno regni Georgii Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, quinto. 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 eleventh day of November, 1718, being the fourth session of this present parliament.
Publication, distribution, etc.
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.
Physical description
492, [4] p. ; 32cm (Fo.).
Note
Title from title-page of first statute. This general title-page precedes each individual act, but after the first statute the imprint date is 1719.
Note
The final four leaves contain a table that indexes the public Acts (i-xxx) and lists private Acts, 1-25, and has a colophon dated 1719.
Note
T.p. vignettes (royal arms); woodcut initials; printed marginalia.
Note
Chiefly black letter.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N50519
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Binding
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.
Copy-specific note
Second of two items in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dk.3.4.
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
Great Britain Sovereign (1714-1727 : George I)
Added entry--name
Assigns of Thomas Newcomb printer.
Added entry--name
Assigns of Henry Hills printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B43863