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from Magna Charta, to the end of the last parliament, 1761. In eight volumes. By Owen Ruffhead, Esq
Laws, etc. (Public general acts). 1215-1761
Volumes1-5 are dated 1763, volumes6-8 1764.
Each volume has a separate titlepage, including volume1, in addition to the general titlepage.
An 'Advertisement' in volume8 announces that "at the request of many of the subscribers" the series would be brought up to date and completed by a ninth volume.
Volume9 contains an index to the 9 volumes and an appendix and concludes: "The end of the ninth and last volume".
Subsequently another 9 volumes were published to continue the series to 1800. The edition statements in vols.15-18 of Ruffhead's edition describe them also as vols. 11-14 of the edition of 'Statutes at large' edited by Runnington.
Reproduction of original from the British Library.
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT134761.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements s2003 miunns