A Collection of the Public General Statutes, 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. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Tricesimo Nono. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Twelfth Day of July, Anno Domini 1796, in the Thirty-Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third. and from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twentieth Day of November 1798; being the Third Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of Great Britain.

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Published by London: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1798-99

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First edition of this complete set of 114 statute laws. It opens with the act that granted Lord Nelson and his descendants a perpetual pension in reward for his victory at the Battle of the Nile. It also includes the Slave Trade Act 1799, notable for better regulating the conditions aboard slave ships sailing from Africa. Other laws of note include William Pitt's Income Tax Act; the Offences at Sea Act (still in force today); and the Combination Act, banning trade unions. Folio (294 x 183 mm), pp. 887, [36]. Woodcut headpieces, tables in text. Near-contemporary half calf, flat spine gilt-lettered direct, flat bands, marbled boards. From the collection of Clive Richards although unmarked as such. Spine darkened and rubbed, wormhole in fifth compartment, corners worn, front free endpaper stabilized, pp. 321-33 with large loss at foot affecting text: a very good copy.

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Title: A Collection of the Public General Statutes, 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. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Tricesimo Nono. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Twelfth Day of July, Anno Domini 1796, in the Thirty-Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third. and from thence continued, by several ...
Publisher: London: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1798-99
Edition: 1st Edition

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