An Act for Granting to Her Majesty Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder...
Acts Regulating Alcoholic Beverage and Lotteries in Great Britain [Great Britain]. [Alcoholic Beverages]. [Lotteries]. Anne [1665-1714], Queen of Great Britain. [An Act for Granting to Her Majesty Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, And Perry, for the Service of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirteen; And for Making Forth Duplicates of Lottery Tickets, Lost, Burnt, Or Destroyed; And for Enlarging the Time for Adjusting Claims in Several Lottery-Acts; And to Punish the Counterfeiting or Forging of Lottery Orders; And for Explaining a Late Act in Relation to Stamp-Duties on Customary Estates, Which Pass by Deed and Copy]. London: Printed by the Assigns of His Majesty's Printer, And of Henry Hills Deceas'd, 1730. [ii], 96, [48] pp. [Bound with] George I [1660-1627], King of Great Britain. [An Act for Continuing the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, And Perry...]. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1726. [ii],5-35, [11] pp. 12mo. (6" x 3-1/2"). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, lettering piece and blind ornaments to spine, endpapers renewed. Light fading to spine, upper margin trimmed away from title page of Queen Anne Acts, which has two stains and light soiling, a bit of staining to head of following leaf, moderate toning to text. $450 * This volume collects session acts relating to lotteries and alcoholic beverages. The book of Queen Anne acts includes an index, a table of excise laws and "A table of Allowances for malsters, On the cistern and couch gauges." The book of King George acts includes "A Table to the Malt Act." English Short-Title Catalogue N51412, T132502.
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