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NEW YORK - JONES, SAMUEL and VARICK, RICHARD] Laws of the State of New-York, comprising the Constitution, and the acts of the legis... . New York: Hugh Gaine, [1789]. First edition, signed on the title page "Robt. H. Morris 1820," this signature repeated at p. 95 and in volume II. Two volumes, in varying modern cloth. 15 1/4 x 10 inches (39 x 26 cm); Volume I: [4], 336, [12], xii, [4] pp.; Volume II: [2], 471, [18] pp. Titles stamped, tape repair in volume I, some light thumbsoiling and small stains. The important Varick and Jones edition of New York's post-Revolutionary laws, from 1778 on. The title page vignette was engraved by Peter Maverick according to ESTC. Evans 22012 C The New York City Bar Association