Tracts published and distributed gratis by the Society for Constitutional Information, with a design to convey to the minds of the people a knowledge of their rights; principally those of representation. Volume the first

People / Organizations

• Society for Constitutional Information. (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by W. Richardson, No 403, Strand, M DCC LXXXIII. [1783]

Publication year

1783

ESTC No.

N509856

Grub Street ID

409873

Description

[8], viii, 23, [1], ii, 38, 8 p. ; 8°.

Note

Part of a series of the Society's tracts

Copy catalogued (NjP)is a nonce volume consisting of parts from 'Volume the first,' 'Volume the second' and two separate publications

Title page is identical to that of ESTC T51511 except for the addition of "Volume the First." added at end of title

Initial counts include Contents, 'design of the society', and list of members. The Contents lists numerous parts not present in this copy. A complete copy of Volume the first is evidently at Trinity College, Cambridge and has this sequence of pagination: [8], viii, 2, 8; 18; 8; 16; 16; 8; 19, [1]; 12; 6, p. 9, [1]; 2; 7, [1]; 2; 150 p. The final 150p. corresponds to 'Part II' in this list of Contents

Third count (23 p.) is ESTC T22632; penultimate count (38 p.) is ESTC N46115 (and has at foot of p. [1]: "Vol.II"; sig.: A; catchword = many); and final count (8 p.) is ESTC N16179