Description: British Act passed under the reign of King George II, regulating the trade and duties on imported tea (in those days from China) by the East India Company.The British East India Company was a private company formed in 1600 to trade with the East Indies and China becoming "perhaps the most powerful commercial organisation that the world has ever seen". Author: [Great Britain] Title: An Act for repealing the present Inland Duty of Four Shillings per Pound Weight upon all Tea fold in Great Britain, and for granting to His Majesty certain other Inland Duties in lieu thereof; and for better securing the Duty upon Tea, and other Duties of Excise; and for pursuing Offenders out of one County into another. Published : London, Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King’s most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert basket, 1745. Folio (approx. 31 x 19 cm): [2], 12 pp. (numbered 615-626). Title page with engraved royal arms of Great Britain.Disbound. Title page reading “ Anno regni Georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, decimo octavo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminister, the first day of December, anno dom. 1741, in the fifteenth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the Second, 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 twenty seventh day of November, 1744, being the fourth session of this present Parliament”. Condition: Complete and in very good overall condition, minor browning, leaves slightly detached. Please see photos.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Europe
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Subject: Law & Government
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Origin: European
Year Printed: 1745
