A description of the River Thames, [electronic resource] : &c. with the City of London's jurisdiction and conservacy thereof proved, Both in Point of Right and Usage, by Prescription, Charters, Acts of Parliament, Decrees, upon Hearing before the King, Letters Patents, &c. &c. To which is added, a brief description of those fish, with their Seasons, Spawning-Times, &c. that are caught in the Thames, or sold in London. with Some few Observations on the Nature, Element, Cloathing, Numbers, Passage, Wars, and Sensation, &c, peculiar to Fish in general. and, also, Of the Water-Carriage on the River Thames, to the several Parts of the Kingdom; with a List of the Keys, Wharfs, and Docks, adjoining to the same. To which are added, rules, orders, and ordinances, made in Pursuance of an Act of Parliament passed in the 30th of Geo. II. For the more effectual Preservation and Improvement of the Spawn and Fry of Fish, and for the better Regulating the Fishery thereof.
1758
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A description of the River Thames, [electronic resource] : &c. with the City of London's jurisdiction and conservacy thereof proved, Both in Point of Right and Usage, by Prescription, Charters, Acts of Parliament, Decrees, upon Hearing before the King, Letters Patents, &c. &c. To which is added, a brief description of those fish, with their Seasons, Spawning-Times, &c. that are caught in the Thames, or sold in London. with Some few Observations on the Nature, Element, Cloathing, Numbers, Passage, Wars, and Sensation, &c, peculiar to Fish in general. and, also, Of the Water-Carriage on the River Thames, to the several Parts of the Kingdom; with a List of the Keys, Wharfs, and Docks, adjoining to the same. To which are added, rules, orders, and ordinances, made in Pursuance of an Act of Parliament passed in the 30th of Geo. II. For the more effectual Preservation and Improvement of the Spawn and Fry of Fish, and for the better Regulating the Fishery thereof.
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Uniform Title
Essay to prove that the jurisdiction and conservacy of the River of Thames
Publication Details
London : printed for T. Longman in Pater-Noster-Row, 1758.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
xvi,[4],269,[1];23,[1];[1],272-296p.,plates ; 8⁰.
Note
Anonymous. By Roger Griffiths.
Editor's dedication signed: Robert Binnell.
P.iv misnumbered ii.
'Dickinson, Mayor. Rules, orders, and ordinances' has separate pagination and register and is inserted after p. 269.
The two unnumbered leaves after p.xvi contain a list of contents and an errata.
The catchword on the verso of the contents leaf is "errata", a variant has the catchword on verso of contents leaf: "The".
First published in 1746 as 'An essay to prove that the jurisdiction and conservacy of the River of Thames, &c. is committed to the Lord Mayor, .. '.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Editor's dedication signed: Robert Binnell.
P.iv misnumbered ii.
'Dickinson, Mayor. Rules, orders, and ordinances' has separate pagination and register and is inserted after p. 269.
The two unnumbered leaves after p.xvi contain a list of contents and an errata.
The catchword on the verso of the contents leaf is "errata", a variant has the catchword on verso of contents leaf: "The".
First published in 1746 as 'An essay to prove that the jurisdiction and conservacy of the River of Thames, &c. is committed to the Lord Mayor, .. '.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T137301.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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