The Acts for the More Effectual relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland. With Notes, Forms, and an Index. As Published for the Poor Law Commissioners. To which is Prefixed an Introduction by George Coode of the Inner Temple. London: Eyre, 1839. Pp [cxi] +_ index; 203. Original linen boards, titled on front and back covers. Contents in very good condition.

Legislation that was to underpin the response of the British authorities to Ireland’s Famine of the 1840s.