By the King. A proclamation concerning building, in, and about London and Westminster.

By the King. A proclamation concerning building, in, and about London and Westminster.

Proclamations. 1661-08-16

London : Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1661. At the King's printing-house in Black-Fryars, [1661]

3 sheets (versos blank) ; obl. (full-sheet).

Instructing citizens to build buildings of brick to reduce fire hazards.

Dated at end: Given at our court at Whitehal, the sixteenth day of August, 1661. in the thirteenth year of our raign.

Steele notation: Arms 67 by the 2) and 3) to Limits.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), C3250
Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714, I, 3322
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R11697

Great Britain -- England -- London.

C3250 (flat)

189921. Deckle edges

C3250 Bd.w. C7186

215108.32. Manuscript note on first sheet recto: "16: Aug:". Bound with 57 other proclamations, 1660-1665. Provenance: armorial bookplates (front and back) of Sir Francis Fust dated 1662 (mottoes: "Terrena per vices sunt aliena", "Swift and true"); armorial bookplate of Crump