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Thirty-Nine Acts of Parliament, Passed in the Twelfth Year of Queen Anne's Reign

John Baskett

1713 - 1717

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First editions of this English government text relating to acts of Parliament under the reign of Queen Anne.

  • Published for the Parliament of Great Britain, under Anne, Queen of England.
  • ANNO REGNI ANNAE REGINAE MAGNA BRITANNIAE, FRANCIAE, & HIBERNIAE, DUODECIMO [Thirty-Nine Acts of Parliament, Passed in the Twelfth Year of Queen Anne's Reign].
  • London: Printed by John Baskett, 1713-1717. 
  • Folio.
  • Bound in full contemporary calf, with banded spine and tooling to boards.

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Boards show moderate wear to edges, moderate plus wear and bumping to corners, and several gouges to the front board.

Cracking to leather along joint of front board. 

A clear lacquer appears to have been applied to the boards.

Text block has light age toning to edges.

Ex-Library (institutional plate appears on front paste down.

Ex libris of former owner appears on front pastedown.

Several ink "doodles" in an 18th-century hand appear on the front paste down and front free end page.

Square-inch tear to fore-edge of front free end page.

Pages tightly trimmed by binder, impacting some of the printed marginal annotations.

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First Edition

Language

English

Subject

Politics and Law, British history, English literature and history, History, Fine bindings, European Literature and History

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