The reports of the Society for bettering the condition and increasing the comforts of the poor [electronic resource] : Vol. I.

The reports of the Society for bettering the condition and increasing the comforts of the poor [electronic resource] : Vol. I.

Reports. 1-6

London : Printed for the Society, by W. Bulmer and Co. and sold by J. Hatchard, 173, Piccadilly; also by Becket, Pall-Mall; Robson, Bond Street; Payne, Mews' Gate; Rivington, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Egerton, Whitehall; Cadell and Davies, Strand: and Vernor and Hood, Poultry. Also by Todd, York; Hazard, Bath; Akenhead and Sons, Newcastle; Pennington, Durham; Browne, Hull; Easton, Salisbury; Trewman, Exeter; Clarke, Manchester; and Hough, Gloucester, 1798.

[12],xxii,[2],446 p. ; 8vo.

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Comprises reports 1-6, originally issued separately, with a general titlepage, contents, appendices and an index.

'The first report of the Society ... Third edition', 1798, has a separate titlepage with "[Price one shilling]" at foot.

The pagination and register are continuous.

In this issue the 16pp. appendix coming after p. 68 was excised and pp. 413-436, 'Account of the society, its object, subject of inquiry, regulations, &c.', is the latest form of that excised appendix; apart from the titlepage to the first report, the titlepages to reports were also excised, the existence of which "reports" are evident from the drop-head titles on pp. 69, [129], [197] and [273] for the second-fifth reports, while there is nothing to indicate that the sixth report began after p. 352 as in the other issue.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.

The index does not refer to the excised 16pp. appendix, and the contents leaves do not refer to "reports" nor to the 16pp. appendix.

English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T106447

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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