Shelfmark
Fp.2.14
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1731]
Title
Anno regni Georgii II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, quarto. At the parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty third day of January, Anno Dom. 1727. in the first year of the reign of our sovereign lord George II, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. And thence continued by several prorogations to the twenty first day of January, 1730, being the fourth session of this present parliament.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by the assigns of his majesty's printer, and of Henry Hills deceas'd., 1731.
Physical description
696, [4] p. ; 32cm (Fo.).
Note
Title from title-page of first statute. This general title-page precedes each individual act.
Note
The final four pages contain a table that indexes the public Acts (i-xxxiv) and lists the private Acts (1-33), with a colophon dated 1731.
Note
T.p. vignettes (royal arms); woodcut initials; printed marginalia.
Note
Chiefly black letter.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N50980
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on the front pastedown.
Binding
18th century mid brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border;swag roll along spine edge; gold tooled roll on board edges; traces of a spine label with tooled letters; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dk.3.15.
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
Great Britain Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II)
Added entry--name
Assigns of Henry Hills printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B43881