Jun 27, 2024 - Sale 2675

Sale 2675 - Lot 174

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(LAW.) Group of 4 folio printings of early laws from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and North Carolina. Folio, various bindings; contents worn, each lacking one or two leaves. Various places, 1742-1785
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[The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay] bound with "Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay" and several other session laws, [2], 14, 28; [2], 333; 334-510 pages. Folio, modern plain calf; lacking title page, replaced with second title page, second leaf defective, spotting. Evans 5002, 5003, etc. Boston: Samuel Kneeland, 1742-1759.

"Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New-England." [2], 6, 8, iv, 272, 51, xii [of xiii] pages. Folio, modern cloth; tape repairs to title page and elsewhere, dampstaining, lacking final leaf. Evans 12146. Portsmouth, NH: Daniel and Robert Fowle, 1771.

"Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New-Jersey." x, 389, [1], 28, 4, 4, 30 pages. Folio, contemporary calf, worn; personal ledger accounts on front endpapers, dampstaining, lacking leaf 4Y2. First issue with uncorrected title. Evans 18632; Felcone Descriptive Catalogue 1425. Trenton, NJ: Isaac Collins, 1784.

"Laws of the State of North-Carolina." iv, 712, xxi, [3] pages. Folio, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked; title page in facsimile, lacking leaf R2, moderate foxing, dampstaining, moderate worming, lacking rear free endpaper. Evans 23641. Edenton, NC, 1791.