[CONNECTICUT - FEDERAL]
Acts and laws of the state of Connecticut, in America. New London: Timothy Green, 1784. 20th century cloth. 11 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (30.5 x 17.5 cm); 8, 6, [2], 265, [1] pp., and bound with subsequent acts through 1795, the pagination extended to p. 499, in 1791 the imprint switches Elisha Babcock in Hartford. This book opens with the Connecticut Charter and continues with the Articles of Confederation, most acts with attractive woodcut headpieces. Contemporary signature to title which is stamped and with one tear and small repairs, the front hinge split with the title detached from text block but affixed to endpaper, tears into a few leaves, spotting and some old dampstaining. Evans 18409; Together with two octavo volumes of acts, 1796-97, And Acts and laws of the state of Connecticut, in America. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1796. [16], 438 pp. Title mounted. Evans 30260. The lot four volumes.
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[CONNECTICUT - FEDERAL]
Acts and laws of the state of Connecticut, in America. New London: Timothy Green, 1784. 20th century cloth. 11 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (30.5 x 17.5 cm); 8, 6, [2], 265, [1] pp., and bound with subsequent acts through 1795, the pagination extended to p. 499, in 1791 the imprint switches Elisha Babcock in Hartford. This book opens with the Connecticut Charter and continues with the Articles of Confederation, most acts with attractive woodcut headpieces. Contemporary signature to title which is stamped and with one tear and small repairs, the front hinge split with the title detached from text block but affixed to endpaper, tears into a few leaves, spotting and some old dampstaining. Evans 18409; Together with two octavo volumes of acts, 1796-97, And Acts and laws of the state of Connecticut, in America. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1796. [16], 438 pp. Title mounted. Evans 30260. The lot four volumes.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs, Nov 23, 2015