The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts: Reprinted from the Copy...
Massachusetts. Farrand, Max [1869-1945], Introduction. The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts: Reprinted from the Copy of the 1648 Edition in the Henry E. Huntington Library, With an Introduction by Max Farrand. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1929. Quarto (12-3/4" x 9"; 32.5 cm x 23 cm).ix, [4], 59 pp. Fascimile. Publisher's brown paneled cloth with gilt stamped spine. Fore-edge and bottom edge deckled. Tear and shelf wear to top dust jacket wrappers. Faint owner stamp to rear pastedown Internally clean. A near fine copy, in a very good dust jacket with Brodart. $30. * The 1648 Book of the General Lawes and Libertyes Concerning the Inhabitants of Massachusetts was the first compilation of printed laws in the colony and is considered the precursor to statutory law there and in the New England colonies. This fine reprint includes a fascimile title page and an introduction by notable historian Max Farrand.
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