Shelfmark
Fp.3.05
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1744]
Title
Anno regni Georgii II Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, decimo septimo. At the parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the first day of December, Anno Dom. 1741, in the fifteenth 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 first day of December, 1743, being the third session of this present parliament.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, printers to the King's most excellent majesty., 1743.
Physical description
831, [9] p. ; 33 cm (Fo.).
Note
Title from title-page of first statute. This general title-page precedes each individual act. From the sixteenth act onwards, the imprint date is 1744.
Note
The final six pages contain a table that indexes the public Acts (i-xliii) and lists the private Acts (1-38 [i.e., 39]), and an advertisement, with a colophon dated 1744.
Note
T.p. vignettes (royal arms); printed marginalia.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N52159
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 red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; red sprinkled edges.
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, Thomas, ? - 1761 printer.
Added entry--name
Baskett, Robert, 1700 - 1767 printer.
Added entry--name
Great Britain Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II)
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B43958