[Rarebooks] FS: Charter of Massachusetts Bay Colony

[Clare Murphy]

THE CHARTER GRANTED BY THEIR MAJESTIES KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, 
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW 
ENGLAND. [BOUND WITH:] ACTS AND LAWS, OF HIS MAJESTY'S PROVINCE OF 
THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND. Boston: B. Green, 1726. Period 
calf binding. The head and tail of the spine were long ago replaced 
with later calf and with red leather labels printed in gilt. The 
original leather over the boards has been repaired with later calf at 
the same time. The whole is professional and pleasing in appearance. 
Retains original end papers and all pages are clean and crisp, with 
the exception of one section of  the laws with minor damp stains. 
Three pages have small closed tears.

Signed by Joseph Lemmon, of Charlestown, a wealthy merchant and 
member of the Governor's Council to whom this Charter and Laws were 
addressed by the British Monarchies. With his detailed additions to 
the Table (of contents) in a fine hand. Folio. [Blank; 12 (Charter); 
2 (Explanation by King George); 12 (Table); 525 (Laws); blank pgs] 
Near fine. Two volumes in one. Each with its own title page, dated 
1726. Association copy. This copy includes the separately printed 
Charter (bound first), the full 1726 laws, and all of the session 
laws printed through July 6, 1734. Evans 2762; Cushing Mass. Laws 
343. 2 copies sold at auction since 1949, including one severely 
damaged copy. OCLC lists holdings at: Library, Stanford University, 
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., Massachusetts State Library, 
Boston, Mass., Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass.Boston Athenaeum, 
Boston, Mass., Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard Law 
School Library, Cambridge, Mass., Massachusetts Historical Society, 
Boston, Mass., New York Historical Society, New York City, Cornell 
University Library, Ithaca, N. Y., New York Public Library, New York 
City, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., Library 
Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, John Carter Brown Library, 
Providence, R. I. Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 
$8500.00

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