An Exact Abridgment All the Statutes in Force & Use from Magna Charta
An Abridged Edition of English Statutes from Magna Carta to 1737 [Great Britain]. An Exact Abridgment of All the Statutes in Force and Use, From Magna Charta, 9 H. 3. To the Beginning of the Reign of King George. In Four Volumes. London: Printed by His Majesty's Printers, 1730. Four volumes. Volumes III and IV dated 1729. Volume I has folding "Table of the Assize of Bread." [With] An Exact Abridgment of All the Statutes in Force and Use, From the End of the Reign of Queen Anne, To the Beginning of the Sixth Year of King George. Vol. V. London: Printed by His Majesty's Printers, 1730. [xxxii], 368, [20] pp. [And] An Exact Abridgment of All the Statutes in Force and Use, From the Beginning of the Sixth Year of King George, To the Eleventh Year of His Said Majesty's Reign. Vol. VI. London: Printed by His Majesty's Printers, 1725. [xxxiv], 440, [22] pp. [And] An Exact Abridgment of All the Statutes in Force and Use, From the Beginning of the Eleventh Year of King George I. To the Fourth Year of His Present Majesty's Reign. Vol. VII. London: Printed by His Majesty's Printers, 1732. [xlviii], 336 pp. [And] An Exact Abridgment of All the Statutes in Force and Use, From the Beginning of the Eleventh Year of King George I. To the Fourth Year of His Present Majesty's Reign. Vol. VIII. London: Printed by His Majesty's Printers, 1732. [iv], 324, [16] pp. [And] An Abridgment of the Statutes from the Beginning of the Fourth Year of King George II. To the End of the Ninth Year of King George II. London: Printed by His Majesty's Printers...And are to be Sold by R Gosling...Where May be Had the Eight Former Volumes, 1737. Nine volumes in all. Complete as issued. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind panels to Volumes I-VI, blind rules with fillets along joints to boards of Volumes VII-IX, uniform spines with raised bands and lettering pieces. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners, spines rubbed, most joints and hinges cracked, front boards beginning to detach from Volumes II, III, V and VII, early armorial bookplate (of Ralph Bates) to front pastedown of each volume. Light toning to interiors, light soiling to preliminaries, owner signatures (of Ralph Bates) to title pages. $1,500. * Volumes I-V: reissues of the onl.
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