The Acts 6 and 7 Will IV c 71, and 1 Vict c 69, For the...
A New System of Tithes for Great Britain Schomberg, Joseph Trigge [1805-1878]. The Acts 6 and 7 Will. IV. c. 71, and 1 Vict. c. 69, For the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales: With Notes, Observations, And an Epitome of the Law of Tithes, Embracing All the Latest Decisions in the Courts of Law and Equity, And the Recent Acts Relating to Tithes, With an Appendix, Containing Tables for Calculating the Rent-Charge, The Forms of Notices, Agreements, Apportionments, &c. And a Copious Index. London: Henry Butterworth, Law Bookseller and Publisher, 1838. xix, [1], 225 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Nineteenth-century morocco by Cedric Chivers of Bath, blind rules to boards, raised bands, gilt fillets, titles and lettering piece to spine, "Second Edition," "1838" and "Schomberg" gilt-stamped to lower half, edges rouged, marbled endpapers. Moderate rubbing to extremities, front board beginning to separate, front hinge starting, armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Moderate toning, light foxing in a few places, owner signature, "Arthur Schomberg/ Send, Wilts/ 1895," to verso of front free endpaper, small embossed Chivers stamp to following endleaf. $500. * Second, final and best edition. This is a legal guide to the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 and subsequent legislation to 1838. Enacted between 1836 to 1891, the Tithe Acts, as they are commonly known, were a series of land reforms that replaced the ancient system of payment of tithes with goods, such as grain, with monetary payments. The first edition of Schomberg's work, a substantially shorter book, was published in 1836. Both editions of this work are rare. OCLC locates 4 copies of the second edition, 1 in North America (SMU Law Library). Not in Sweet & Maxwell. British Museum Catalogue (Compact edition) 22:994.
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