An exact abridgment of all the statutes in force and use, from Magna Charta, 9 H. 3. to the beginning of the reign of King George
Subtitle: In four volumes
Publisher: Printed by His Majesty's printers, and by the assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq; and are to be sold by R. Gosling, at the Crown and Mitre against Fetter-Lane in Fleetstreet.
Published: 1729
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Law; Digests; Early works to 1800
Work titles: Laws, etc
Notes: Titles within ruled borders.

Volumes 3 & 4 printed in 1729.

Vol. 1: [164], 384 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) ; v. 2: [4], 464 p. ; v. 3: 496 p. ; v. 4: 331, [117] p.

Collation: vol. 1: [pi]² a-k⁸ A-2A⁸ [$4 signed]; v.2: [pi]² A-2F⁸ [$4 signed]; v.3: A-2H⁸ [$4 signed]; v.4: A-2E⁴ [$4 signed]

Inserted between p. 118 and 119, v. 1, is one folded plate (27 x 41 cm.): "A table of the assise of bread, in pounds, ounces, and drams, averdupois weight."

Advertisement: "Books printed for R. Gosling ... ", with prices, p.[2], v. 2.

In predominantly Roman type; some black letter and italic type.

Head and tail pieces, v. 4.

Includes indexes.

"These four volumes contain the abridgments of all the statutes, from Magna Charta to the end of the reign of Queen Anne, as they were abridg'd by Wingate, Washington, Boult, and Nelson, with this only alteration, that whereas in the former impressions, the heads of each volume were put under a several alphabet, they are in this edition, for the greater ease of the reader, thrown all in one ... " --preface to the reader, v.1.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1: An exact table of the year and chapter of all the statutes; A table of all the publick statutes; A-C; title: v. 2: D-L; title: v. 3: M-S; title: v. 4: T-Y; index.