- 129
[New Hampshire]
Estimate
24,000 - 28,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Acts and Laws of His Majesties Province of New-Hampshire in New-England. With Sundry Acts of Parliament. By order of the Governor, Council and Assembly, Pass's October 16th. 1759. Portsmouth: Daniel Fowle, 1761
- paper, ink
Title within typographic border, [2], xii, 240pp, uncut.
Folio (12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 317 x 190 mm). BINDING: Contemporary marbled paper wrappers.
Some toning and foxing, some edges chipped. Housed in a dark red chemise and full morocco box.
Folio (12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 317 x 190 mm). BINDING: Contemporary marbled paper wrappers.
Some toning and foxing, some edges chipped. Housed in a dark red chemise and full morocco box.
Literature
Evans 8943; Sabin 52782; Whittemore, New Hampshire 50
Catalogue Note
THE EARLIEST SIGNIFICANT NEW HAMPSHIRE IMPRINT AND THE FIRST COLLECTION OF LAWS TO BE PUBLISHED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, PRINTED BY NEW HAMPSHIRE'S FIRST PRINTER. The first compilation of New Hampshire laws was published in 1716, followed by the revision of 1726; however no subsequent publication of the collected laws of the colony were printed until the present edition of 1761. Fowle would publish a new edition a decade following this work.
Scarce, with only one other example at auction in the last half century. Not in Tower.
Scarce, with only one other example at auction in the last half century. Not in Tower.