Physical description

Hard cover book, The Victorian Statutes Vol 2
Author: Corporate Author “The Colony of Victoria”
Publisher: John Ferres Government Printer Melbourne.
Date: 1866
Three quarter leather, Olive Front Cover, Brown Spine with Gold embossed Title on spine & front cover "Collector of Customs Warrnambool"

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Title of Volume on Spine and Front Cover

Summary

Because the subject item is a book of law, it would not traditionally have a singular author, but rather a corporate author, specifically the Colony of Victoria and, more precisely, the Parliament of Victoria. The Victorian Statutes of 1866 is an official compilation of the statute law of the Colony of Victoria, Australia, 'Published by Authority', and printed by John Ferres, who was the Victorian Government Printer at the time. Ferres was the printer/publisher, not an author or editor in the usual sense, as this is a government publication rather than an individually authored work.