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Lot 222

Sale 2586 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Sep 30, 2016 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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(Americana : Law an...


(Americana : Law and Government). Parker, James. Conductor Generalis....Woodbridge, in New Jersey: Printed and sold by James Parker: sold also by John Holt, near the Exchange in New York, 1764. First edition.
1 vol. 8vo, contemporary sheep; rubbed and worn, back cover blistered. Front joint cracked, front free endpaper detached but present, back free endpaper gone, internally toned, some spotting and dust smudging, ink smudge and rough ink lettering (1 word, just above central rule) on toned title page, tears in gutters of p.185-196 - negligible loss of printing. Complete.
The first legal treatise printed in New Jersey and the first appearance of Blackstone in America.
Bristol B2507; Joseph J. Felcone Collection 211, "one of three variant title page imprints."

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