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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Anno Regni GEORGII II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, SECUNDO. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Nineteenth Day of May, Anno. Dom. 1761, in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. And from thence continued by several Prorogations to the Third Day of November following; being the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Mark Baskett , Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett. Various dates 1762-1767.31 Acts from 1762-1767 with a separate title page with the Royal Arms to each Act. Folio, (298x189mm), a total of 31 Acts with 6 Indexes - 'A Table of the Statutes Publick and Private' contemporary notes in ink to front pastedown endpaper, bound in later quarter reversed calf, boards, spine with raised bands, two black leather labels lettered in gilt, worn, rubbed & scuffed, poor, however sound, tight & contents very good condition. A number of interesting Acts including -An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage. Title page, pp: 375-480. (1764) An Act to alter certain Rates of Postage .Title page, pp: 467-482. (1765)An Act for better regulating Apprentices, and Persons working under Contract. Title page, pp:447-450. (1766)An Act for the better Preservation of Timber Trees, and of Woods and UnderwoodsTitle page, pp: 791-796. (1766)An Act for repairing and widening several Roads in the County of Brecon. Title page, pp: 3-31. (1766).

Written on one side, with conjugate leaf, docket title on the reserve. Light fold marks. 19 x 15cm. 1768. Samuel Baskett, 1708-1793. His request (probably to Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort as intermediary) to Lord Rolle was successful, and his son John, 1747-1826, was ordained shortly after this letter on the 26th February, and took up his post as curate at Shapwick, now in Somerset (then in Dorset) a few days afterwards. He later became Rector of Compton Abbas. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.