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1713Best.-Nr. 1394685London: 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 - Upstairs. Printed by John Baskett hardcover books
RENNES, J. Plihon et L. Hervé / PARIS, A. Picard - 1896 - In-8 - 1/2 reliure - Dos à 5 nerfs avec titre doré - Plats et gardes marbrés - Couverture conservée - Eau-Forte de M. B. de La Pinelais - Bandeaux, lettrines, culs-de-lampe - XXIV & 340 pages - Très bel exemplaire
RENNES, J. Plihon et L. Hommay / PARIS, A. Picard - 1902 - In-8 - 1/2 reliure - Dos à 5 nerfs avec titre doré - Plats et gardes marbrés - Couverture conservée - Bandeaux, lettrines, culs-de-lampe - XXI & 468 pages - Très bel exemplaire
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