Shelfmark
Fp.3.02(02)
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1741]
Title
Anno regni Georgii II Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, decimo quarto. At the parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the fourteenth day of January, Anno Dom. 1734, in the eigth year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the second, 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 eighteenth day of November, 1740, being the seventh session of this present parliament.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by John Baskett, printer to the King's most excellent majesty., 1740.
Physical description
756, [6] p. ; 33 cm (Fo.).
Note
Title from title-page of first statute. This general title-page precedes each individual act.
Note
The final six pages contain a table that indexes the public Acts (i-xliii) and lists the private Acts (1-33), with a colophon dated 1740.
Note
T.p. vignettes (royal arms); printed marginalia.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N51769
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.3.4.
Copy-specific note
Second of two items in volume.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect copy. The acts are bound of order (pp. 703-756, 169-484, 1-168, 485-646). Pp. 645-702 are missing.
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
B43951