Anno regni Georgii III, regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et Hiberniae decimo quarto :
at the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the tenth day of May, Anno Domini 1768, in the eighth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, &c., and from thence continued, by several prorogations to the thirteenth day of January, 1774 ; being the seventh session of the thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain.
Description
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English ; French
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Quebec : Printed by William Vondenvelden, Law printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, MDCCXCVII [1797]
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First pt. contains: 14 Geo. III c. 83 (the "Quebec Act"), 14 Geo. III c. 88 (the "Quebec Revenue Act"); second pt. contains: 31 Geo. III c. 3 (the "Constitutional Act").
Second part (p. [23]-59) has title page title: Anno regni Georgii III, regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et Hiberniae tricesimo primo : at the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty-fifth day of November, Anno Domini 1790, in the thirty-first year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Desender of the Faith, &c. being the first session of the seventeenth Parliament of Great Britain. (English title page) -- Anno regni Georgii III, regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et Hiberniae tricesimo primo, au Parlement commencé et tenu à Westminster, le Vingt-cinquième jour de Novembre, l'an de notre Seigneur 1790, et dans la Trente-unième année du Règne de notre Souverain Seigneur George Trois, par la grace de Dieu, Roi de la Grande Bretagne, de France et d'Irlande, défenseur de la Foi, &c. étant la première Session du dix-septième Parlement de la Grande Bretagne. (French title page)
Marginal notes.
"Traduit par order de Son Excellence. F.J. Cugnet S.F." -- Page 21.
Last page blank.
In 2 pts., each pt. with added t.p. in French.
Text in English and French on opposite pages.
One copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Lande Collection: second copy of number 349 is the 3rd of 13 titles bound together.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Main Collection: bound with: Ordinances made and passed by the Governor and Legislative Council of the province of Quebec, and now in force in the province of Lower-Canada. Quebec : Printed ... by W. Vondenvelden, 1795. This document sometimes found inserted as here between pts. 1 and 2. Cf. Tremaine.
Lande Canadiana Collection copy 349 (2nd copy) is the third of thirteen titles bound together with a collective title page title: "A collection of acts passed in the Parliament of Great Britain and of other public acts relative to Canada". This title page has an imprint of: Quebec : Printed by P.E. Desbarats, Law Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1824; Most of the 13 pieces, have separate title pages and pagingation which range in dates or supplied dates from 1800 to 1841.
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5 unnumbered pages, 6-21 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 28-59 pages, 1 unnumbered page :
coat of arms ;
27 cm (4to)
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