Shelfmark
Fp.2.08
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1725]
Title
Anno regni Georgii Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, decimo. At the parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the ninth day of October, Anno Dom. 1722. in the ninth 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 twelfth day of November, 1724. Being the third session of this present parliament.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by John Baskett, printer to the King's most excellent majesty; and by the assigns of Henry Hills, deceas'd., 1724.
Physical description
523, [5] p. ; 32cm (Fo.).
Note
Title from title-page of first statute. This general title-page precedes each individual act. From the seventeenth act onwards, the imprint date is 1725.
Note
The final four leaves contain a table that indexes the public Acts (i-xxx) and lists private Acts, 1-43, with a colophon dated 1724.
Note
T.p. vignettes (royal arms); woodcut initials; printed marginalia.
Note
Chiefly black letter.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N50436
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on the verso of the title-page.
Binding
18th century mid brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border; second frame of blind tooled triple fillet with decorative tool and large fleurons at corners; gold tooled roll on board edges; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters, adhered upside-down; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dk.3.9.
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 Henry Hills printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B43869