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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. The Charters of the British Colonies in America. Dublin: John Bhatty, 1776.
8° (202 x 117). Letterpress device on title. (Title-page with a few small repairs, a few pale stains). Contemporary calf, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands (upper joint broken, lower joint starting, stab holes in gutter). Provenance: List of numbers in ink on lower flyleaf; pencil notes on verso of last blank.
Second edition, including charters granted to Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Georgia. Also including the first charter granted to Massachusetts Bay in 1644. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only two copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 40 years. Sabin 12162.
8° (202 x 117). Letterpress device on title. (Title-page with a few small repairs, a few pale stains). Contemporary calf, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands (upper joint broken, lower joint starting, stab holes in gutter). Provenance: List of numbers in ink on lower flyleaf; pencil notes on verso of last blank.
Second edition, including charters granted to Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Georgia. Also including the first charter granted to Massachusetts Bay in 1644. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only two copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 40 years. Sabin 12162.