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The case of the planters of tobacco in Virginia, as represented by themselves / signed by the president of the council, and speaker of the House of Burgesses. To which is added, A vindication of the said representation.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tobacco--Taxation--Early works to 1800.
- Tobacco.
- Tobacco industry--Virginia--Early works to 1800.
- Tobacco industry.
- Tobacco--Taxation.
- Virginia.
- Physical Description:
- 64 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Vindication of the representation of the case of the planters of tobacco in Virginia
- Fingerprint:
- s;ss o,he onat Duth (3) 1733 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1733.
- Notes:
- The case of the planters of tobacco in Virginia, &c. [signed in the name and behalf of the council, Robert Carter, president; John Holloway, speaker of the House of Burgesses, Williamsburg, June 28, 1732]: p. 3-15. A vindication of the representation of the planters of tobacco in Virginia: made by the General assembly of that colony: p. 17-64.
- The pamphlet was published by John Randolph. Cf. Arents.
- Signatures: A-H⁴.
- Head piece; initials.
- Price from imprint: Price 1s.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy is the second issue of this item. The first was a folio edition with an undated title-page. It is an unusual case in which the printer took the standing type of the folio edition and divided it up to make this 8vo printing. A full discussion may be found in Oliver L Steele Jr.'s "The Case of the Planters of Tobacco in Virginia, 1733: An Extraordinary use of Standing Type" in Studies in Bibliography Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, vol. V (1952-1952) p. 184-6.
- Cited in:
- ESTC, T20255
- Arents, 673
- Sabin, 99911
- Kress, 4126
- OCLC:
- 2920597
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