Shelfmark
Fp.4.03(07)
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Public General Acts. 1597-1598. 39-40 Eliz. I]
Title
Anno xxxix. Reginae Elizabethae. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the xxiiij. day of October, in the xxxix. yeere of the reigne of our most gracious Soueraigne Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God of England, France and Ireland Queene, defender of the faith, &c. : And there continued vntill the dissolution thereof, being the ninth of February next following. 1597. To the high pleasure of Almightie God, and the weale publique of this realme, were enacted as followeth..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Imprinted at London : By the deputies of Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie., [1598].
Physical description
[180] p. : coat of arms ; 29 cm (Fo.).
Note
Formerly STC 9493.
Note
Leaf A2 recto line 13 of text ends 'whereof, a' (a variant ends 'meanes'); Leaf Cc2 recto line 1 has 'vpward,' and line 2 has 'payment .. euery'--STC.
Note
Coat of arms on verso of leaf Gg4.
Note
Head- and tail- pieces; decorative and historiated initials.
Note
Title within ornamental woodcut border.
Note
Signatures: A-H⁶ I⁴ Aa-Ee⁶ Ff-Gg⁴.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 9494.3
Citation/references note
ESTC, S116709
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on verso of front board.
Binding
Contemporary or seventeenth century mid brown calf; two concentric triple fillet frames, blind tooled with the central line gold tooled; gold tooled fleur-de-lys ornaments at corners of inner frame; gold tooled centrepiece of the royal arms; spine with possibly later gold tooled fleurons; black morocco spine label; trace of a chain clasp; red stained edges; number III written in ink on fore-edge; four raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Seventh of ten items in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Di.4.9.
Copy-specific note
Copy is variant (i) as described in STC, with A2r line 13 ends 'meanes', line 12 has 'Husbandrie beene', and line 4 from bottom has 'ar-'. -- STC.
Subject
Law Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History Elizabeth I, 1559-1603 Sources.
Added entry--name
Barker, Christopher, 1529 - 1599 printer.
Added entry--name
England and Wales Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I)
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B44313