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Massachusetts-Bay Colony
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- The Charter Granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. Boston in New-England: Printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1726 — Acts and Laws, Of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. Boston in New-England: Printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1726 (–1727)
- paper, ink, leather
2 works in one vol., folio (11 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.; 296 x 193 mm). Woodcut arms of title-page of Acts and Laws and on ZZ1r, woodcut initial-frame, bound with first continuation of laws at end, some neat early marginalia; loss to top margin of Charter title-page costing bits of the printed rule but no text, four early leaves with short tears at lower margin extending into text, some scattered light foxing, a further continuation of the laws evidently neatly excised at end. Contemporary sheep; a bit worn, small losses to spine.
Provenance
John Crowninshield (near-contemporary signature on title-page and 2A1r) — Gardiner Greene & Esther Lathrop Hammond (bookplate; City Book Auctions, 19 February 1944, lot 175)
Literature
Evans 2762, 2900; Sabin 45568, 45673
Catalogue Note
A very good copy of this early compilation of Massachusetts-Bay Colony laws and statutes, from an important Massachusetts family.