W. IV. R. : The new intended Act of Parliament for the benefit of young men, old men, maids, wives, old maids, batchelors, widows, &c. At a meeting of several ladies and gentlemen of this town, held for the better management and conducting order and regularity of society, Mr Steady in the chair, the following resolutions were passed:---.
Maidment, James,1793-1879,former owner.StEdNL: L.C.1268(107)
[Edinburgh? : s.n.,
1830-1837?]
Coat of arms above title.
The list begins: Resolved, 1st. That no lady shall wear a bonnet more than one yard long; and no more than two to be allowed to walk arm in arm together, so that they may not obstruct the way, and to prevent persons being fanned off the pavement by the said bonnets, under a penalty of five pounds.
A satire giving a list of resolutions that were seemingly passed by an Act of Parliament.
'Price one penny'.
Provenance: Bound in a volume carrying the inscription 'This collection is understood to have been formed by the late James Maidment and it has been added to by me. John A. Fairley' on first fly-leaf.
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