[Drop-head title:] An Act for granting a bounty upon the importation of white oak staves, and heading, from the British colonies or plantations in America.
London.
Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1771.
Folio.
[2], 1227-1234pp, [2]. With a final blank leaf. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, scattered spotting.
A rare survival of a Georgian act regarding the acquisition of oak staves (for use in the manufacture of casks for brewers) from American vessels that dock in British ports.
ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles (Lincoln's Inn), and further four copies in North America (Library and Archives of Canada, Minnesota, Virginia, and Yale).
ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles (Lincoln's Inn), and further four copies in North America (Library and Archives of Canada, Minnesota, Virginia, and Yale).
ESTC N57209.
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref: 24231
