Shelfmark
Fp.4.06(03)
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Laws, etc. (Public general acts) 1691]
Title
Anno Regni Gulielmi et Mariæ, Regis & Reginæ Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, tertio. : At the Parliament begun at Westminster the twentieth day of March, anno Dom. 1689. ... And from thence continued by several prorogations and adjournments to the two and twentieth day of October, 1691. being the third session of this present Parliament..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties., MDCXCI. [1691]
Physical description
338, [4] p. ; fol.
Note
Without colophon.
Note
Title vignettes (royal coat-of-arms)
Note
Woodcut initials.
Note
The table indexes the public Acts and lists private Acts, chapters 1-42.
Note
Includes chapters I-XV.
Note
Text in black letter.
Note
With two final contents leaves bearing tables of the public and private acts passed in the 1691-1692 session of Parliament.
Note
Each act has its own general title page and all are dated "1691", though all after the first four statues were published in 1692 (Lady Day dating). The first six Acts have "tertio" in title; the balance have "tertio & quarto".
Note
Title from title page for first statute.
Note
Public General Acts. 1691-1692. 3 & 4 Gul. & Mar
Citation/references note
ESTC, R223344
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on verso of t.p. of first item in volume, with inscription: Liber Coll: Eton: on recto.
Binding
Contemporary mid brown calf; blind tooled double fillet frame, with second line an inch from spine together with foliage roll; gold tooled lozenge roll on board edges; blind tooled double fillet compartments on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled triple fillet frame and letters; shelfmark label on spine; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
May be the same edition as ESTC R223344, but does not lack the first 243 pages. Pagination for R223344 given as: 244, 247-290, [2], 257-338, [4] p.
Copy-specific note
Third of three items in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Di.4.13.
Copy-specific note
Contemporary annotations on the t.p.
Subject
Great Britain Parliament
Subject
Statutes Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Law Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Law reports, digests, etc. Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Executrix of Thomas Newcomb. printer.
Added entry--name
Bill, Charles printer.
Added entry--name
England and Wales Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B45541