first edition Hardcover
1663 · London
London: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1663. Rebacked by master binder, red leather spine label. Covers with double fillet gilt borders, central panel with French fillets and corner royal monograms. Hinges repaired. The title continues, "and there continued till the nineteenth of May, in the 14th year of His Majesties Reign: and thus prorogued to the 18th of February in the 15th year of His Majesties Reign." Chapter heads are decorated with floral devices, as are first letters. Various chapters include: an act for repairing highways, an act for the punishment of unlawful cutting of wood, an additional act for the better ordering the forces in the several counties of the Kingdom, an act for the encouragement of trade, an additional act for the better ordering and collecting the revenue arising by hearth-money, an act for regulating the herring and other fisheries, among a number of others. Black letter printing. Some pages show old faint water-staining, never heavy. A very kindly-restored volume. 312pp.. First Edition. Full Contemporary Calf. Moderate Cover Wewar/No Jacket. Imperial Octavo.
(Inventory #: 013998)