Thick small folio, hardback original olive sugar-paper covered boards (detached, spine-strip defective but sound & tight) xii+584pgs incl. A Table of all Statutes and an Index; printed side-notes on outer margins. First & last few leaves foxed & browned, otherwise internally clean (deckle edges bit dusty, binding somewhat loose but holding). G+ *100 Public/General/National Statutes printed in full; plus 126 Local & Personal Acts giving title and brief contents only; plus 41 Private Acts (listed only). Includes An Act authorizing the Employment at Labour in the Colonies of Male Convicts under Sentence of Transportation; An Act to ENCOURAGE (sic) the Consumption of Beer; regulating Passenger Vessels; etc.