Shelfmark
Fp.2.22
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1738]
Title
Anno regni Georgii II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, duodecimo. At the parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the fourteenth day of January, Anno Dom. 1734. in the eighth 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 from thence continued by several prorogations to the first day of January, 1738. being the fifth session of this present parliament.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by John Baskett, printer to the King's most excellent majesty, 1738.
Physical description
694, [6] p. ; 33 cm (Fo.).
Note
Title from title-page of first statute. This general title-page precedes each individual act. From the third act onwards, the imprint date is 1739.
Note
The final four pages contain a table that indexes the public Acts (i-xxxvi) and lists the private Acts (1-35), with a colophon dated 1738.
Note
T.p. vignettes (royal arms); woodcut initials; printed marginalia.
Note
Chiefly black letter.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N51839
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on the front pastedown.
Binding
18th century half mid brown calf; stiff boards covered in red blue and green marbled paper; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dl.3.2.
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, John, 1666 or 7 - 1742 printer.
Added entry--name
Great Britain Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II)
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B43891