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[VIRGINIA]. MERCER, John (1704-1768). An Exact Abridgment of all the Public Acts of Assembly, of Virginia. Williamsburg: William Parks, 1737.
8o (194 x 120 mm). Title-page within rule borders, printer's typographical ornaments. (Lacks EE1-4, M3 with circular patch in margin, 2U1 with small repair to one corner, scattered minor spotting.) Modern polished calf antique, gilt spine, gilt-lettered label.
FIRST EDITION. THE FIRST DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY, intended as a compendium for ready-reference, with a detailed section of precedents. Mercer's well-indexed abridgement of the laws of Virginia was issued by the first permanently established printer at Williamsburg. Parks, who previously had printed at Annapolis (see lot 38), continued to operate that shop as a satellite press, and won lucrative appointments as the official printer to both colonies. Parks also published the Virginia Gazette from 1736 to his death in 1750. All Parks's imprints seem to have been published in small numbers and are rarely encountered. Only one other has been sold at auction since 1975. Berg Williamsburg Imprints 23; Evans 4204.
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FIRST EDITION. THE FIRST DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY, intended as a compendium for ready-reference, with a detailed section of precedents. Mercer's well-indexed abridgement of the laws of Virginia was issued by the first permanently established printer at Williamsburg. Parks, who previously had printed at Annapolis (see lot 38), continued to operate that shop as a satellite press, and won lucrative appointments as the official printer to both colonies. Parks also published the Virginia Gazette from 1736 to his death in 1750. All Parks's imprints seem to have been published in small numbers and are rarely encountered. Only one other has been sold at auction since 1975. Berg Williamsburg Imprints 23; Evans 4204.