(LAW) Bacon Thomas; compiler Laws of Maryland at Large

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(LAW.) Bacon, Thomas; compiler. Laws of Maryland at Large. [735] pages. Folio, modern calf gilt; wear and repairs to first 2 leaves and final 3 leaves, intermittent dampstaining; early owner signatures and early inked library stamp of the Stinnecke Maryland Episcopal Library on title page. Annapolis: Jonas Green, 1765 [but 1766]

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A mammoth production from an important colonial press. Bacon worked on the Laws for thirteen years and publication took another four. It is considered the most important legal work published in the colony and noted for its typography. The seal of Maryland makes its first appearance in print on the title page. Evans 10049 ("one of the noblest monuments of printing produced in the American colonies"); Sabin 2684; Wroth, Printing in Colonial Maryland 254.