[Binding]. The Charter Granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary ... 1742

[BINDING]

THE CHARTER GRANTED BY THEIR MAJESTIES KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND. [BOUND WITH] ACTS AND LAWS, OF HIS MAJESTY'S PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND. BOSTON: SAMUEL KNEELAND AND TIMOTHY GREEN, 1742

Folio, 2 vols. in one, as issued (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 292 x 190 mm). Occasional light soiling, a couple of leaves browned. Contemporary paneled sheep, spine in six compartments, covers with blindstamped floral border within blindstamped triple fillet lines; some wear and scuffing.  

An attractive early American folio binding encasing an early compilation of Massachusetts laws

LITERATURE:

Cushing, Laws and Resolves of the Massachusetts Bay, 439, 440, 441, 445; Evans 5002, 5003, 5236, 5237; Maset, Bookbinding in America, 7 (same roll tool on Boston 1740 book)

PROVENANCE:

Adams Library, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, organized as the Social Library in 1794, renamed in 1895 (Library rules label on front pastedown)