Shelfmark
Fp.4.05(01)
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Public General Acts. 1688. 1 Gul. & Mar.stat.1]
Title
Anno regni Willielmi et Mariae, Regis & Reginae Angliae, Franciae [et] Hiberniae, primo : on the twenty third day of February, Anno Dom. 1688. In the first year of their majesties reign, this act passed the royal assent.
Varying form of title
Variant title: Anno regni Gulielmi et Mariae, Regis & Reginae Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae, primo
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the King and Queen's most excellent majesties., MDCLXXXVIII [1688, i.e. 1689]
Physical description
499, [9] p. ; 27 cm. (Fo.)
Note
Signatures: A4, B2-2R2, 2S4-2T4, 2U2-3B2, 3C4.
Note
Each act has its own general title page, and with the exception of the first three general title pages which are dated 1688 according to Lady Day dating, the rest are all dated 1689.
Note
Title page for first statue in this series lacks the word "Scotiæ", usually incorporated as part of the title.
Note
Text in black letter.
Note
Running title alternates between: Anno Regni primo Gulielmi & Mariæ and Anno Regni primo Willielmi & Mariae.
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.) 1062aA ("Gulielmi")
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.) 1062bA ("Willielmi")
Citation/references note
BM, LXII, column 164
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
First of two items in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Di.4.12.
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
Bill, Charles printer.
Added entry--name
Newcomb, Thomas, ? - d. 1691 printer.
Added entry--name
England and Wales Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B45581