B22986
Shelfmark
Fk.5.04(18)
Author
W.B.
Title
A letter to a nobleman, concerning the bill to prevent frivolous and vexatious arrests; with the substance of the said bill, and notes thereupon :, As also, reasons publish'd for and against the bill, and the argument of a learned council in the House of Commons against the same; and a reply thereto. With observations, and proposals for rendring the bill more effectual; by extending thro' the kingdom the custom of foreign attachments, and courts of conscience, for more easy recovery of small debts; and by restraining the ill practices of inferior courts, and also of under-sheriffs and their officers in arrests and executions.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London :, Printed for T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row,, 1726.
Physical description
[4], ii, 23, [1]p ;, 21cm. (4to).
Note
Preface signed: W.B.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Bound with twenty-one other items.
Note
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Note
Previously: Dm.5.4.
Citation/references note
Goldsmiths', 6488; Hanson, 3651; ESTC T38074
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. New Haven, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1974. 1 reel ; 35mm. (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature ; reel 395, no. 6488).
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Thomson-Gale, 2006. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 461 (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 16115, no. 13).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in pencil: "Checked March 1924".
Binding
18th century quarter brown calf; red and blue marbled paper covered boards; four raised bands; spine title: "Political tracts".
Subject
Arrest, Early works to 1800, Great Britain.
Subject
Debtor and creditor, Early works to 1800, Great Britain.
Subject
Debt, Imprisonment for, Early works to 1800, Great Britain.
Added entry--name
Warner, Thomas, bookseller.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, former owner.
Added entry--place
England, London.
B22986
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