Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 150

Price Realized: $ 938
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(LAW.) Care, Henry; compiler. English Liberties, or the Free-Born Subject's Inheritance. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn; foxing, bound with a duplicate gathering Tt. Providence, RI: John Carter, 1774
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Second American edition, after the 1721 Boston edition. An ante-Revolution printing of the Magna Carta and other statutes, likely intended to remind the colonists of their rights. The subscriber list includes numerous Rhode Islanders who played important roles in the Revolution, including both war-era governors. Alden, Rhode Island 532; Evans 13185; Sabin 10819.