Title: The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the inhabitants of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England Author: ** Place: Boston in New-England Publisher: Printed by B. Green or Benjamin Eliot Date: 1726 Description: [bound with, as issued] Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. [14], [2], 347, [1], 16 (of 17) pp. A-B4 (-A1), A-Xx4, A-E2 (but lacking all but a fragment of E1 and all of E2) (folio) 11¾x8, modern full leather. Early American printing of the charter issued by William and Mary in 1691 making Massachusetts Bay a crown colony, along with the acts and laws of the province. This copy lacks A1 of the Charter, the title-leaf, but the text of the Charter is complete, and begins with p.1; also lacking E1-2 of the Table at end (missing only 1 printed page, p.17, the remainder is blank - the Table is usually bound before the Acts and Laws). Evans 2762 Lot Amendments Condition: Page 1 of the Charter darkened and soiled with marginal chips, 1 chip in gutter affecting a few letters in five lines of text; some spotting and stains to table at end, portion of margin of pp.15-16 torn off affecting some text; else very good. Item number: 188636
Title: The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the inhabitants of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England Author: ** Place: Boston in New-England Publisher: Printed by B. Green or Benjamin Eliot Date: 1726 Description: [bound with, as issued] Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. [14], [2], 347, [1], 16 (of 17) pp. A-B4 (-A1), A-Xx4, A-E2 (but lacking all but a fragment of E1 and all of E2) (folio) 11¾x8, modern full leather. Early American printing of the charter issued by William and Mary in 1691 making Massachusetts Bay a crown colony, along with the acts and laws of the province. This copy lacks A1 of the Charter, the title-leaf, but the text of the Charter is complete, and begins with p.1; also lacking E1-2 of the Table at end (missing only 1 printed page, p.17, the remainder is blank - the Table is usually bound before the Acts and Laws). Evans 2762 Lot Amendments Condition: Page 1 of the Charter darkened and soiled with marginal chips, 1 chip in gutter affecting a few letters in five lines of text; some spotting and stains to table at end, portion of margin of pp.15-16 torn off affecting some text; else very good. Item number: 188636
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