A Collection of Several Statutes and Clauses Now in Force, Relating..

1754. Edinburgh: Printed by Adrian Watkins, 1754. Rare.. Edinburgh: Printed by Adrian Watkins, 1754. Rare. Consumer Taxation in Eighteenth-Century Great Britain [Great Britain]. A Collection of Several Statutes and Clauses Now in Force, Relating to the Duties upon Spirits, Malt, Candles, Sope, Callicoes, Starch, Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Glass, Coaches, And Tobacco. With an Abridgment of the Said Statutes and Clauses, And a Table of the Rate upon Several Commodities, Shewing by what Acts They are Imposed. Edinburgh: Printed by Adrian Watkins, His Majesty's Printer, 1754. 832; 155, [13] pp. Two parts, the second with the drop-head title An Abridgment of the Foregoing Acts. Octavo (6" x 4"). Recent period-style quarter morocco over cloth, raised bands, gilt title and blind and gilt fillets to spine, gilt publication date to foot of spine, endpapers renewed, recent owner bookplate (King Lawrence Parker) to front pastedown. Moderate toning and light foxing to interior, later owner stamp (I.S. Smith) to head of title page. $600. * Only edition. Enhanced by an abridgment and an index, this digest collects the wide array of laws used to raise revenue through the taxation of popular consumer goods. The introduction of similar laws in the North American colonies, such as a tax on tea, helped to initiate the American Revolution. The collation of the Abridgement section of our copy differs from the ESTC record. Ours has 155 pages instead of 115. This is a rare title; OCLC and the ESTC locate 1 copy (National Library of Scotland). Its collation is identical to ours. English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC) T184226.