An Act for the more effectually detaining in Custody Napoleon…

[and]: An Act for regulating the Intercourse with the Island of Saint Helena, during the Time Napoleon Buonaparté shall be detained there; and for indemnifying Persons in the Cases therein mentioned. [London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan], 11 April 1816.

2 Acts, folio (290 × 195 mm), pp. [1], 210-216. Woodcut arms to head of each act. Modern wrappers to style.

First editions of these two separately-issued Acts of Parliament in which the British government sought to legalise the detainment of Napoleon as a prisoner of war on the island of St. Helena.