Elder Books and Collectables

Description

1820 119 Government Acts Passed the 1st Year of the Reign of King George 4th. Includes Acts on Adultery in India, Removal of Negro Slaves from the Bahama Islands to Demerara, Public Whipping on Female Offenders

Printed by George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, London 1820

Hardback volume bound in a 19th century binding with marbled boards & leather spine, a consecutive run of acts starting at number one & running through to number one hundred & nineteen,.

Book measures approx 12 x 8 inches with title page + 984 pages + title page + 27 pages of the tables of the statutes + 11 index pages.

Unusual to find a bound volume with a long consecutive run still intact & with many of the acts being rare & important. text to each act ranges from two sides up to several more details spanning a number of pages {see images for some of the titles}

Some rubbing & loss to surface of leather on spine, cracking to outer hinges but boards are holding firm, corners bumped with slight loss to leather at corners, endpapers marked, occasional page a little dusty, marked or with minor crease, occasional light foxing to pages. Overall in very good condition & boards well attached.

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