Anno Regni Georgii Regis, Undecimo, 1724.
Public and Private Acts of Parliament, 1724 [Great Britain]. George I [1660-1727], King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Undecimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, the Ninth Day of October, Anno Dom. 1722. In the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George, By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And From Thence Continued by Several Prorogations to the Twelfth Day of November, 1724. Being the Third Session of this Present Parliament. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1724 [i.e. 1725]. 523, [5] pp. Same general title page preceding each act, Acts XVIII-XXX dated 1725. [Bound With] An Abstract of All the Acts Passed in the Third Session of the Sixth Parliament of Great Britain, And in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of Our Most Gracious Sovereign Lord King George. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1725. 60 pp. Folio (12-1/4" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary paneled calf, gilt royal arms to boards, rebacked and recornered in period style with raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling to board edges, edges speckled red. Light rubbing to boards, a few small scuffs, nicks and scratches, faint dampstain to lower corner of rear board affecting last two leaves, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners slightly bumped, hinges cracked. Light toning to interior, light browning, foxing and soiling in a few places. An appealing copy. $500. * A collection of 30 acts passed in the third session of the sixth Parliament of Great Britain, with tables listing the titles of the public acts and summaries of 43 private acts. Some of the more interesting acts include the "Act for More Effectual Disarming the Highlands" after the Jacobite rising of 1719, several acts to do with debt relief and the so-called "Adulteration of Tea and Coffee Act," which forbade mixing tea or coffee with any other substances in order to preserve the Crown's tax revenue. Appended is the separately-issued volume of abstracts. English Short-Title Catalogue N50436, T149260.
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