MARYLAND LAWS]. A Compleat Collection of the Laws of Maryland. With an Index, and some Marginal Notes, directing to the several Laws, and the chief Matters contained in them . Annapolis: William Parks, 1727. 2 o (283 x 180 mm). Title within rule border, woodcut arms, decorative woodcut capitals, a brief "Advertisement to the Reader" loosely laid in (100 x 115mm). (B1 with small marginal tear, without final blank, scattered spotting and marginal staining, several quires supplied from another copy, last leaf of index slightly shaved at fore-margin, affecting a few letters.) Modern panelled calf antique. Provenance : D. Goldsborough (early signature on title); Essex County Law Library (old stamp on title). THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN ANNAPOLIS AND THE FIRST COLLECTION OF THE LAWS OF MARYLAND. Parks, the first printer to establish a press in Annapolis, later moved to Williamsburg (see lot 43) but maintained his Annapolis office and was printer to the assembly. The collection carries a full-page dedication from the printer to Charles Calvert Lord Baltimore. The contents embrace the laws of the province from 1692 to 1727. Evans 2897; Wroth Printing in Maryland 38. RARE: Only one (imperfect) copy of the book has been sold at auction since 1975.
MARYLAND LAWS]. A Compleat Collection of the Laws of Maryland. With an Index, and some Marginal Notes, directing to the several Laws, and the chief Matters contained in them . Annapolis: William Parks, 1727. 2 o (283 x 180 mm). Title within rule border, woodcut arms, decorative woodcut capitals, a brief "Advertisement to the Reader" loosely laid in (100 x 115mm). (B1 with small marginal tear, without final blank, scattered spotting and marginal staining, several quires supplied from another copy, last leaf of index slightly shaved at fore-margin, affecting a few letters.) Modern panelled calf antique. Provenance : D. Goldsborough (early signature on title); Essex County Law Library (old stamp on title). THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN ANNAPOLIS AND THE FIRST COLLECTION OF THE LAWS OF MARYLAND. Parks, the first printer to establish a press in Annapolis, later moved to Williamsburg (see lot 43) but maintained his Annapolis office and was printer to the assembly. The collection carries a full-page dedication from the printer to Charles Calvert Lord Baltimore. The contents embrace the laws of the province from 1692 to 1727. Evans 2897; Wroth Printing in Maryland 38. RARE: Only one (imperfect) copy of the book has been sold at auction since 1975.
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