1839 Metropolitan Police Act Original Victorian Printing Queen Victoria Complete For Sale

1839 METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT – ORIGINAL VICTORIAN PRINTINGComplete 1839 Parliamentary Act – Queen Victoria – 2 & 3 Vict. c. 47An original contemporary printed edition of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839, entitled:"An Act for further improving the Police in and near the Metropolis."Dated 17 August 1839, during the early reign of Queen Victoria.This historic legislation was passed just ten years after the establishment of London's Metropolitan Police in 1829 and represents an important stage in the development of modern British policing.HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDThe Metropolitan Police Act 1839 introduced further provisions governing the organisation, jurisdiction, powers and duties of the Metropolitan Police.The legislation addressed matters including public order, street nuisances, policing powers and the regulation of activities within the metropolitan district.It forms part of the early legislative history of the Metropolitan Police and Victorian London.An interesting document for collectors of British police memorabilia, London history, Victorian legislation and nineteenth-century ephemera.DOCUMENT DETAILS- Title: An Act for further improving the Police in and near the Metropolis
- Common name: Metropolitan Police Act 1839
- Date: 17 August 1839
- Monarch: Queen Victoria
- Official reference: 2 & 3 Vict. c. 47
- Printer: Eyre and Spottiswoode, London
- Printing date: 1839
- Pages: 498–520, complete
- Approximate dimensions: 30 × 20 cmThe opening page features the British Royal Coat of Arms and the Latin heading VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.The final page bears the original printer's imprint:"LONDON: Printed by EYRE and SPOTTISWOODE, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1839."ORIGINAL PERIOD PRINTINGThis is a genuine nineteenth-century printed edition of the Act, dating from 1839.It is not a modern reproduction, photocopy or later historical reprint.The document is a contemporary parliamentary printing, rather than the unique manuscript Original Act held in the parliamentary archives.The page numbering indicates that it formed part of a larger printed collection of Acts of Parliament.CONDITIONComplete, with all numbered pages from 498 through 520 present.Antique condition, with age-related yellowing, discolouration, handling marks, creasing and general edge wear.There are two punched filing holes along the left margin, together with some small tears and wear around the edges. A larger tear or area of paper loss is visible near the upper edge of the final page.The printed text remains clear and legible.Please study the photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.COLLECTORS' INTERESTAn original 1839 parliamentary printing relating to the early Metropolitan Police, produced during the reign of Queen Victoria.Of particular interest to collectors of:- Metropolitan Police and British policing history
- Victorian London
- Early police legislation
- Acts of Parliament and legal history
- Nineteenth-century printed documents and ephemeraA complete, original-period printed Act of Parliament, now approximately 187 years old.

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