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Lot 293
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. [Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania. Beginning the Fourth Day of December 1682.] [Philadelphia]: [B. Franklin, and D. Hall], [1752]. Parts I and II.
Folio, parts I & II in 1 volume. (Lacking title pages to Parts I, pp. i-xii, p. xxix-[xxx] at end of part one and title page of Part II, pp. i-viii, 1-16; and lacking pp. 183-[188] at end of Part II.) Disbound, morocco spine in six compartments with 5 raised bands with red morocco spine label gilt (lacking both boards).
FIRST EDITION of the first volume of three published by Franklin and Hall which cover the political history of Pennsylvania from 1682 up to 1744, including several of the acts that brought Pennsylvania into existence. A fourth volume was issued in 1764 by Henry Miller.