The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. 4 Volumes. 1866

1866. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres, 1866. 4 vols.. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres, 1866. 4 vols. Victorian Acts in Force in 1866 [Australia]. [Victoria]. The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres, 1866. 4 volumes. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Modern cloth hardcover, gilt titles to spines, endpapers renewed, internally clean. Ex-library with small stamps (Bibliothek des Reichsgerichts) to title pages. $650. * Only edition. (A companion volume of imperial statutes in force in Victoria was published in 1868.) The first three volumes contain general acts. Volume IV contains acts that relate to particular persons or localities or have a "special or limited operation." Both volumes are indexed, have chronological tables and are digested alphabetically. The Reichsgerichtsbibliothek (Imperial Court of Justice Library) was, at its peak, Germany's largest and most important law library, with 170,000 works in its collection before the outbreak of the First World War. OCLC locates 6 copies. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:88.