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Title: A Collection of the Public General Statutes
Description: London, George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1799-1849 . First edition. Leather. Eleven scarce volumes spanning fifty years from the early nineteenth century of publications of sessions in Parliament. Eleven volumes of Collection of the Public General Statutes ranging fifty years from 1799 to 1849. In full calf bindings. The scarce first edition of these works.  Published by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode.Reports and documents recording sessions of British parliaments and a record of statues passed in these years. Includes the following Public General Statues:  Passed in the Thirty-Ninth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third: Being the Third Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of Great Britain (1799).Passed in the Forty-First Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third: Being the Fifth Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of Great Britain (1800).Passed in the Forty-Fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third: Being the Third Session of the Second Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1805).Passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth: Being the Fifth Session of the Seventh Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1824). Passed in the Second and Third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth: Being the Second Session of the Tenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1832). Passed in the Third and Fourth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth: Being the First Session of the Eleventh Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1833). Passed in the First and Second Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: Being the First Session of the Thirteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1838). Passed in the Third and Fourth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: Being the Third Session of the Thirteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1840). Passed in the Fifth and Sixth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: Being the Second Session of the Fourteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1842). Passed in the Sixth and Seventh Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: Being the Third Session of the Fourteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1843). Passed in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: Being the Second Session of the Fifteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1849). In full calf bindings. Externally, sound to fair. To 1849, there is considerable loss to the head and tail of the spine, the joints are cracked, and the hinges held by cords only. To the 1800 edition, the joints are cracked and hinges held by cords only. To the 1843 edition, there is some loss to the head of the spine. There are library location stamps to many of the spines and some chipping to the spine labels. Most of the hinges are starting but firm. Many joints are starting to crack. There is spotting to the fore edges, and rubbing to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some light to occasional spotting. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

Keywords: Parliament British History Public General Statutes Leather British History None


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