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17451070London: Printed by Thomas Baskett. 1745. First edition. Folio 32 x 20cm. Unbound. 2 747-758. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page decorative woodcut initial to the first text page text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning and slight wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An Act published in Public General Acts 1744-1745 regarding provision for the poor in Bristol including a law compelling ships bound for Ireland "to take in one Vagrant for every seven Tuns" carried. London: Printed by Thomas Baskett. unknown
17411394690London: Thomas Baskett 1741. First Edition. Loose folio. Quarto pp. 2 699-700 two leaves. In Good plus condition. In an incomplete modern binding comprised of uncovered boards bearing pencil annotations; mull and sewing visible at spine. Corners of boards lightly bumped. Text block lightly age toned. BB Consignment. 1394690. Special Collections - Downstairs. Thomas Baskett unknown
17771224London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan. 1777. First edition. Folio 32 x 20cm. Unbound. 2 1083-1095. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page decorative woodcut initial to the first text page text in black letter. A very good copy with some creasing to the foot of pp.1091-1092 due to an original paper flaw minor toning and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan. unknown
1777599<p>Anno Regni GEORGII III REGIS Magnae Britaniiae Franciae & Hiberniae DECIMO SEPTIMO. At the Parliament Begun and holden at Westminster the Twenty-ninth Day of November Anno Domini 1774 in the Fifteenth Year of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith. </p><br /><p>FIRST EDITION 4 1039-1042 woodcut coat of arms on title woodcut floriated initial text in black letter unbound folio 320 x 200mm London Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1777</p><br /><p>This important act emphasised the Government's dedication to improving general science and navigation by offering rewards to those who could find an accurate method for determining longitude at sea. </p><br /><p>The first Longitude Act of 1714 was Parliament's response to the loss of 2000 lives in 1707 when four British navy ships ran aground after miscalculating the longitude. The Act offered prize money of £10000 reduced from £20000 for a reliable and accurate method of determining longitude at sea. Research and related experimentation were also encouraged and award money was made available for lesser discoveries and specific improvements. The competitions attracted the skill and imagination of the greatest scientific minds and mariners of the time.</p><p>The most prominent and successful competitor was John Harrison 1693-1776 who received disbursements of £22000 over a period of 35 years for his brilliant discoveries and invention of the marine chronometer. This was however not without a struggle for recognition. The marine chronometer was quicker but the preferred avenue of institutionalisation was the Lunar Distance Method. The Lunar Distance method was a method to determine longitude using certain astrological measurements and specific corrections marked in yearly almanacks. The Act of 1765 put caveats and conditions on the original act of 1714 and included stipulations that applied specifically to Harrison. It even named him in the opening language and described the current status of his contrariety with the board. Only with the relentless championing from his son and the personal intervention of King George III Harrison was awarded the monetary prize he was due. The Longitude Act 1777 reiterated specific goals of the program as revised by the 1774 Longitude Act and approved an additional £5000 for continued research work and experimentation and for awards to recognize lesser contributory discoveries as approved by the Commissioners of the Board of Longitude.</p><p>The Longitude at Sea program was successful in multiple ways and facilitated important advances in mathematics astronomy horology navigation and Arctic exploration. Over the life of the program a total of £53000 in prize money was awarded to more than sixty participants.</p><br /> Charles Eyre and William Strahan
1747ZB499907London: Thomas Baskett printer 1747. tall quarto 10 leaves with text paginated as 591-607; paper darkening at spine sheets joined together at spine else disbound in self wrappers; . - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London: Thomas Baskett, printer, unknown
1776750Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1776. 8vo. 34pp. on laid paper BLACK-LETTER with fine woodblock arms of George III on front cover woodblock head-piece; disbound a remarkably bright crisp copy ideal for framing and display. 16 Geo. III 9. DARROCH & TAYLOR 4159 RECORDS THIS ACT AS THE FIRST SEPARATELY PUBLISHED REFERENCE TO THE HUNDRED Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
179834069London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printer's to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1798. Folio. Disbound pages 805-820 as issued. Very Good.<br/><br/> This detailed law an important step in England's final abolition of the African slave trade regulates the maximum number of slaves that such ships may carry; requires the keeping of meticulous records the provision of written Declarations to Customs Officers mortality records; imposes bonds and penalties; requires surgeons' inspections; regulates living quarters for the slaves.<br/>ESTC N60199 2- Cornell Lincoln's Inn. OCLC 352927642 1- NYPL 64758335 2- Cornell Northwestern as of December 2018. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printer's to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown books
176436526London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1764. Folio. 1 1 blank 335-336pp as issued. Disbound. Very Good. <br/>ESTC N56806. Printed by Mark Baskett unknown books
17761225London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan. 1776. First edition. Folio 32 x 20cm. Unbound. 2 839-854. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page decorative woodcut initial to the first text page text in black letter. A very good copy with a small ink splash to the first page some minor toning and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan. unknown
17451071London: Printed by Thomas Baskett. 1745. First edition. Folio 32 x 20cm. Unbound. 2 639-643. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page decorative woodcut initial to the first text page text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning and slight wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An Act published in Public General Acts 1744-1745 enacting an amnesty for those who have engaged in the activity of smuggling and laying out punishments for those who continue to partake in the crime transportation or death. The statutes of 1745 are considered to be the leading statutes for smuggling law in eighteenth-century England as they made the greatest effort to convict offenders and to sentence those convicted to death. These statutes part of the 'Bloody Code' further extended the means by which a person could be convicted for smuggling and put to death without benefit of clergy although other lesser penalties most notably transportation remained the more common outcome. London: Printed by Thomas Baskett. unknown
17531394689London: Thomas Baskett 1753. First Edition. Loose folio. Quarto 2 399-403 1 pages. In Good plus condition. Disbound with light age toning and light scattered foxing. Light creasing at gutter. BB Consignment. Shelved in Room A Oversized Ephemera. In 1714 the British Parliament made an act which established a £2000 reward for the individual who developed an accurate method of calculating longitude at sea. This 1753 act was one of several revisions or replacements of that original. 1394689. Special Collections. Thomas Baskett unknown
17741353592London: J. Almon 1774. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 2 63 pages 4. In Very Good minus condition. Pamphlet later bound in light blue boards. Boards show light plus age-toning to edges and spine with black lettering on spine. <br /> Text block shows moderate age-toning to edges light plus age-toning throughout interiorly and a 1-in. closed tear to title page along fore-edge. Four pages of publisher's ads appear at back. Lacking half-title page. RW Consignment. Shelved in Case 1. Authorship of this tract has been variously attributed to Arthur Lee William Pitt the Elder and Benjamin Franklin. While Benjamin Franklin submitted the text to J. Almon for publication it is generally accepted that Lee was the author. Arthur Lee was a pro-American Member of Parliament and writes here in defense of colonial rights and liberties. References: Sabin 39697; Adams 74-44a. 1353592. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. J. Almon hardcover
170122505London: Charles Bill 1701. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full cambridge style brown calf in paneled design. Very good. 480 pages. 4 pages of A Table of the Statutes Publick and Private. 12 3/4 x 8 inches. Considered to the first Parliamentary Act relating only to the Jews was as a result of an 18 year old girl being disowned by her Jewish family when she converted to Christianity enacted for Mary de Mendez Berta's benefit. Bound in a larger volume of British Acts from the years 1701-1704 that also numerous other acts: Mutiny one related to Quakers security of the succession of the Crown Protestant Line counterfeiting preserving public credit repairing bridges and highways raising the Militia debt relief of poor prisoners et al. This act relating to Jews only until then Jews were mentioned only in clauses of Acts or in context of law suits and trials. The Act which in fact was designed to facilitate and even encourage conversion passed with almost no objection. Leather chipped in spots raised bands wear at corners hinges cracked but binding intact some light soling. mostly clean and bright throughout with one quire bearing moderate toning with text printed in black letter. Charles Bill unknown books
17341608030007Dublin : Printed by and for Theophilus Jones 1734-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 38 2 pp. Hardcover. Bound in modern blue cloth. Red leather title label on front board. Fine binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. <br> This edition has distinguishing notes whereby to know each member that voted for and against the enquiry into the affairs of the South-Sea Company Dublin : Printed by and for Theophilus Jones hardcover
1739437825London : printed for T. Cooper 1739. Edition Unstated. Disbound. Disbound as issued. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Subjects; Great Britain Parliament. Great Britain Parliament ; Early works to 1800. Great Britain. 1701-1800. 1727-1760. Maritime law ; Early works to 1800. Diplomatic relations. Politics and government. Great Britain Foreign relations 1727-1760. Great Britain Politics and government 1727-1760. London : printed for T. Cooper unknown
17303060London: printed by T. Reynolds and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster 1730. Disbound. Good binding. Folio. 2 8 pp. Removed from binding. Title page is nearly detached; margins are closely trimmed with no text loss but for a portion of the price on the title page; contents clean. Includes the votes around the recently signed Treaty of Seville 1729 reaffirming among other things British control of Gibraltar that was ceded to them in 1713. In addition to the votes there is a nearly 2-page dissent on various aspects. There are several sections related to the Pension and Mutiny bills as well as a vote to cease maintaining a 12000-soldier Hessian mercenary force because of the expense. This vote is accompanied by a dissenting argument for the value of such a force of foreign troops. ESTC T57735. printed by T. Reynolds, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster unknown
1735ZB424341London: Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett 1735. . Offices and Personal Estates in England and certain Duties on Sugar Malt Tobacco and Snuff in Great Britain for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and five . etc.; this act only; narrow folio 501-790 pp light extraction roughness at spine and light general age toning now in self wrappers; most of the text devoted to listing the names of Commissioners for various areas who are also to execute the Land Tax. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London: Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, unknown
1733319970London: Thomas Baskett 1733. pp. 2 443-455 1 blank. Woodcut seal on the title. Folio. Disbound. Foxing trimmed. pp. 2 443-455 1 blank. Woodcut seal on the title. Folio. This Parliamentary Act authorized a grant of £10000 "for establishing the colony of Georgia in America to be applied toward defraying the charges of carrying over and settling foreign and other Protestants in the said colony" p. 448. The act further authorizes the application of £500000 from the sinking fund to pay off one million South Sea annuities. Not in Sabin Howes Rich Church Streeter or De Renne. Thomas Baskett unknown
171940973London: Printed by John Baskett and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills deceas'd 1719. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy with minor edge wear. 2p.185. Sm. 4to. Anno Regni Georgii Regis . quinto. At the Parliament begun . the seventeenth day of March anno Dom. 1714. . And from thence continued by several prorogations to the eleventh day of November 1718. being the fourth session of this present Parliament. ESTCN50526. Printed by John Baskett, and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd unknown
171112255This Act of Parliament made it illegal to harvest trees that were "fit for masts not being the property of any private person" in many of the North American colonies. The fine for felling such a mast-worthy tree was one hundred pounds sterling for each offense. In addition the Act instructed the Surveyor General of Her Majesties Woods "to mark with the broad arrow all such trees as now are or hereafter shall be fit and proper to be taken for the use of her Majesties Royal Navy and to keep a register of the same." An early act asserting Mother England's authority over natural resources in the colonies. ICN 7519.1. Printed by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceased...
17131394685London: Printed by John Baskett 1713-1717. First Editions. Hardcover. Folio 61-174 2179-191 6 203-206 2 211-218 2 223-270 2 275-357 3 361-362 2 367-382 2 387-422 4. In Good minus condition. Bound in full contemporary calf with banded spine and tooling to boards. 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. BB Consignment. Shelved in Room A Oversized. Appears to contain two collections of public statutes passed in 1713 and 1714 but printed between 1713 and 1717 each with a closing contents page. The first collection contains Acts II - XVIII of 18 acts and the second contains Acts II - XXIII of 23 acts. The acts cover a range of topics including duties tariffs and taxes; the paying and management of military personnel and militias; and the management of churches. The most significant of the acts however is Act 15 of the second set of acts entitled "An Act for Providing a Publick Reward for such Person or Persons as shall Discover the Longitude at Sea". This formally established the Commissioners of the Longitude and the reward of £20000 for "the first Author or Authors Discoverer or Discoverers of any such method ." that to the satisfaction of the committee accurately determined a ship's longitude at sea accurate to within 20 geographical miles. This reward would not be claimed until 1765 when clockmaker John Harrison developed his "time-keeper" or marine chronometer. 1394685. Special Collections. Printed by John Baskett hardcover
1702mon0003110386London: Charles Bill 1702. Hardcover. Very Good. . Rebound in sturdy brown cloth with gilt decoration and lettering on the spine cover shows minor rubbing to the extremities. Pages are tanned with some minor foxing. Authentic 1702 publication not a reprint. London: Charles Bill hardcover
175692353Thomas Baskett. London. 1756. First edition. 1756. 36 pages with title page not bound but held together with paper clips. Page edges very chipped last blank page lacks portions and is very torn and worn. Stain to top of title. Was originally folded in half so paper clip marks are visible to right margin of title. SCARCE. unknown
1769369465London: printed by Mark Baskett printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett 1769. First Edition. Softcover. Poor disbound copy. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 895-898 pp. Subjects; George III King of England. British Parliamentary Reports. London: printed by Mark Baskett, printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett paperback
1717AR1005London: Printed By John Baskett 1717. Original issue . paper wrappers. Fine. Folio. 22pp. 31cms Attractive general title-page with the Royal Crest. Decorative initial to the black letter type with a drop title to the head of the page. A fine crisp fresh and clean complete copy of the act from a nonce volume.p375-405 Dis-bound but complete. AN ACT FOR REDEEMING THE YEARLY FUND OF THE SOUTH-SEA COMPANY etc. <br/> <br/> Printed By John Baskett unknown
