Shelfmark
Fp.4.04(29)
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Public General Acts. 1685. 1 Jac.II.stat.1]
Title
Anno regni Jacobi II. regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, primo. At the parliament begun at Westminster the nineteenth day of May, Anno Dom. 1685. In the first year of the reign of our most gracious sovereign lord James, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland King, defender of the faith, &c.
Varying form of title
Other title: Anno regni Jacobi II. regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, primo
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed by the assigns of Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; printers to the King and Queens most excellent Majesties., 1691.
Physical description
[4], 139, [3], 131-151, [1], 31, [1] p. ; 29 cm (Fol.).
Note
A collection of twenty-two Acts of Parliament, with a table of the statutes printed and not printed, from the first session of the 1st year of James II's reign.
Note
Below imprint on main title page: Cum privilegio.
Note
Text in black letter.
Note
With marginal notes.
Note
Title-page vignette; headpiece and initials.
Note
Some Acts have separate, variously dated title pages included in the pagination. Individual Acts were probably also issued separately. The last Act, entitled "An Act for erecting a new parish to be called the parish of St. James within the liberty of Westminster" has a separate title page, pagination and register.
Note
Signatures: [superscript pi]A² A-2S², ²A-H².
Citation/references note
ESTC, R498216
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on verso of t.p. of first item in volume.
Binding
17th century mid brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border, with second line an inch from spine and foliage roll; gold tooled lozenge roll on board edges; blind tooled triple fillet compartments on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; shelf mark label on spine; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Twenty-ninth of twenty-nine items in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Di.4.11.
Copy-specific note
Price given on front flyleaf: P: 15. 0:.
Subject
Law Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Statutes Great Britain Digests Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain Politics and government 1660-1688.
Subject
Great Britain History Restoration, 1660-1688 Sources.
Added entry--name
Bill, Charles printer.
Added entry--name
Executrix of Thomas Newcomb. printer.
Added entry--name
England and Wales Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B45507