[Americana].

Anno Regi Georgii II.... An Act for Restraining and Preventing Several Unwarrantable Schemes and Undertakings in His Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America.

1741. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1741.

Folio, general title with coat of arms, drop-head title on following leaf with decorative initial letter, pp. [1], verso blank, 683 - 688, black letter, disbound. In a brown cloth folding case.

§ An act by the British Parliament to further control business practices in the Colonies, which is sometimes referred to as an extension of the Bubble Act. It prohibited banks from issuing notes secured by mortgages - or land - and required that they be secured by silver. ESTC N51824. Item #123787

Price: $500.00