![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
AN ACT (PASSED 12th MARCH 1805,) FOR MAKING FURTHER PROVISION FOR THE EFFECTUAL PERFORMANCE OF QUARANTINE; AND ALSO AN ORDER IN COUNCIL, DATED 5th APRIL 180
by [British Shipping]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, 1805. 86,[60]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary marbled boards, rebacked with modern paper. Corners bumped and lightly worn. Some light toning, minor scattered foxing. Very good. An Act for the quarantine of ships from foreign lands, outlining the duties to be levied and the means in which the tax shall be collected. The law outlines the criteria for the tax - tonnage, port of origin, etc. Includes an Index of definitions, as well as an Appendix containing tables of duties and the questions to ask a ship arriving into port
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM48484
- Title
- AN ACT (PASSED 12th MARCH 1805,) FOR MAKING FURTHER PROVISION FOR THE EFFECTUAL PERFORMANCE OF QUARANTINE; AND ALSO AN ORDER IN COUNCIL, DATED 5th APRIL 180
- Author
- [British Shipping]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1805
Terms of Sale
William Reese Company
All material is shipped subject to approval, but notification of return must be made within ten days and returns made in a prompt and conscientious fashion.
About the Seller
William Reese Company
Biblio member since 2006
New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...