Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 1
1766-67. 7 George III, Acts 1-59 [includes the Tea Act], pp 1-894, the Tables of Statutes partly excised,. slight damp?staining, mostly confined to the margins, contemp. calf, patch of leather missing from upper cover, folio. Contains several important Acts relating to the American colonies, including An Act for taking off the Inland Duty of One Shilling per Pound Weight upon all Black and Single Teas consumed in Great Britain, and for granting a Drawback upon the Exportation of Teas to Ireland, and the British Dominions in America.. for permitting the Exportation of Teas in smaller Quantities than One Lot to Ireland, or the said Dominions in America, and for preventing Teas seized and condemned from being consumed in Great Britain; An Act for granting certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, for allowing a Drawback of the Duties of Customs upon the Exportation, from this Kingdom, of Coffee and Cocoa Nuts of the Produce of the said Colonies.. and for more effectually preventing the clandestine Running or Goods in the said Colonies..; and An Act for restraining and prohibiting the Governor, Council, and House of Representatives, of the Province of New York.. from passing or assenting to any Act of Assembly, Vote, or Resolution.. Also includes An Act to enable the Trustees of the British Museum to exchange, sell, or dispose of, any Duplicates of printed Books, Medals, Coins, or other Curiosities..; An Act to amend and render more effectual An Act.. for Encouragement of the Arts of Designing, Engraving, and Etching, Historical and other Prints, and for vesting in, and securing to Jane Hogarth Widow, the Property in certain Prints; and An Act for erecting a proper and convenient Pier at the Port of Saint Ives in the County of Cornwall, for the better Protection of Ships and Vessels.. (1)
