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GREAT BRITAIN., Parliament
[Proceedings. 1795--96]
An impartial report of the debates that occur in the two Houses of Parliament, in the course of the sixth session of the seventeenth Parliament of Great Britain, called to meet at Westminster, on Tuesday the 29th of October, 1795. With some account of the respective speakers, and notes and illustrations. Including copies of all state papers, treaties, conventions, &c. By William Woodfall, and assistants. Vol. I. (- IV.).
London (Place), published by T. Chapman,, 1795--1796.
4 vols ; 21.0 cm. (8º)
I: [2], 4, [8], 540, 126 p., [1] fold. letterpress table, add. engr.t.-pl.
II: [12], 571, [1], 236 p.
III: [10], 516, 114 p., engr. frontis. port.
IV: [12], 601, [1], 7, [21] p.

Volumes III and IV have the imprint date 1796. William Woodfall's first compilation of parliamentary reports, eventually totalling 33 volumes, was published in 1794 (q.v.). The additional engraved title-page in vol. I reads 'An Impartial Report of the Debates in the Two Houses of Parliament, in the Year 1796. ... Published by T. Chapman, ... 1796.' and has a medallion portrait of Woodfall. The final leaf of vol. I is a folded letterpress table (verso blank). The engraved portrait in vol. III is of Lord Auckland. ESTC t154545; apparently also recorded as ESTC n68870 (vol. I), n68871 (vol. II), n68872 (vol. III), n68873 (vol. IV).

Copy Notes Imperfect; wanting the final two leaves (Appendix, pp. 233--36) of vol. II. Bound as volumes 9--12 in a 23-volume set with the compilations for 1794 (q.v.), 1795 (q.v.), 1797 (q.v.), 1798 (q.v.), 1799 (q.v.) and 1800 (q.v.).

Binding Late C18th/early C19th full sprinkled calf, gilt-ruled and dotted spines, black morocco spine-labels with title 'Woodfall's Debates 1794 (- 1800)'.

Reference Number 6758

Additional Names Woodfall, William (1746--1803); Woodfall's Debates; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords


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