[Colonial America] One of the Earliest Works Printed in Connecticut: "Acts and Laws, Of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New-England"

Acts and Laws, Of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New-England
New-London: Re-printed and Sold by Timothy Green, 1715-ca. 1743. Mixed edition. 4to. (xii, "The Table"), (ii), 376 pp. Full modern brown calf, red and black leather spine labels, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; scattered spotting, toning, and soiling.

A large and consecutive run of early colonial Connecticut laws. The 1715 imprint is very rare, and is among the earliest printed works in Connecticut. According to RBH, this is only the third copy of early colonial laws, with the 1715 imprint, to come to auction in the past 30-plus years.

Comprising: Table: ESTC W28023 (variant); 1715, first edition: ESTC W35238, Evans 1738 (without table of contents or Charter); 1716, first edition: ESTC W7110, Evans 1808; 1716, first edition: ESTC W7112, Evans 1809; 1717, first edition: ESTC W7113, Evans 1876; 1717: ESTC W7122, Not in Evans (reprint, ca. 1733-43); 1718: ESTC W7124, Not in Evans (reprint, ca. 1733-43); 1718, first edition: ESTC W7141, Evans 1951; 1719: ESTC W7125, Not in Evans (reprint, ca. 1733-43); 1719, first edition: ESTC W7118, Evans 2021; 1720, first edition: ESTC W7142, Evans 2107; 1720: ESTC W7128, Not in Evans (reprint, ca. 1727-33); 1721: ESTC W7130, Not in Evans (reprint, ca. 1726-33); 1721: ESTC W7131, Not in Evans (reprint, ca. 1726-33); 1722: ESTC W7132, Not in Evans (reprint, ca. 1733-43); 1722: ESTC W7133, Not in Evans (presumed reprint, ca. 1726-33); 1723, first edition: W7146, Evans 2423; 1723, first edition: ESTC W7147, Evans 2424; 1724: ESTC W7137, Not in Evans (reprint, ca. 1728-33); 1724, first edition: ESTC W7121, Evans 2516; 1725, first edition: ESTC W7150, Evans 2621; 1725, first edition: Evans 2622, Not in ESTC; 1726, first edition: Evans 2738, Not in ESTC; 1726, first edition: Evans 2739, Not in ESTC; 1727, first edition: Evans 2856, Not in ESTC; 1727, first edition: ESTC W7154, Evans 2857; 1728, first edition: Evans 3012, Not in ESTC; 1728, first edition: ESTC W7156, Evans 3013; 1729, first edition: ESTC W7157, Evans 3150; ESTC W7271, Evans 3151; 1730, first edition: Evans 3264, Not in ESTC. Trumbull 503

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How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Colonial America] One of the Earliest Works Printed in Connecticut: "Acts and Laws, Of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New-England"

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Colonial America] One of the Earliest Works Printed in Connecticut: "Acts and Laws, Of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New-England"

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