Published by London printed by John Baskett, 1722
Seller: McLaren Books Ltd., ABA(associate), PBFA, Largs, United Kingdom
small folio [27x17cm]. disbound. 5 pages + covering title. good clean condition [shipping charges will be reduced when this order is processed. Please see our storefront page for shipping information] an original 1722 Black Letter printed Act of Parliament forbidding the entry of ships from plague infected countries into British and Irish ports. The penalties for assisting the entry of any such ships were rather more severe than those of our more recent quarantine laws, with any person so convicted being sentenced to death.