The statutes at large : from Magna Charta, to the end of the last parliament, 1761. In eight volumes

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The statutes at large : from Magna Charta, to the end of the last parliament, 1761. In eight volumes

by: Great Britain;Ruffhead, Owen, 1723-1769;Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL;Boston Public Library) John Adams Library BRL

Publication date: 1763

Topics: Law,Statutes,Statutes

Publisher: London : Printed by Mark Baskett ... and by Henry Woodfall and William Strahan ...

Collection: johnadamsBPL;bostonpubliclibrary;americana

Contributor: John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library

Language: English

Volume: 2

Item Size: 1.9G

V. 9 also contains: "a copious index and appendix, consisting of obsolete and curious acts."

V. 1-5 are dated 1763; v. 6-9 1765

Includes tables

Includes index, v. 9

Printed marginalia

Includes list of subscribers, v. 9

Each volume has a separate t.p., including v.1, in addition to the general t.p

An 'Advertisement' in v. 8 announces that "at the request of many of the subscribers" the series would be brought up to date and completed by a ninth volume

Subsequently, another 9 volumes were published to continue the series to 1800. The edition statements in vols.15-18 of Ruffhead's edition describe them as vols. 11-14 of the edition of 'Statutes at large,' edited by Runnington

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library

John Adams' signature on title page, v. 1-9: "John Adams."

ESTC

Also available on microfilm (Vols. 1-3)

Also available on microfilm (Vols. 4-7). Woodbridge, CT :

Also available on microfilm (Vols. 8-9). Woodbridge, CT :

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894