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SOUTH CAROLINA] TROTT, NICHOLAS. The laws of the province of South-Carolina, in two parts. The first part containing all the p... . Charles-town: Lewis Timothy, 1736. First edition. 20th century cloth, labels in red and black. 11 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (29.5 x 18 cm); vol. I: xliv, [20], 473, [2]; vol. II: [6], 483-619, [9], 59, [25], [17], [3] pp. First volume collates pi, a-m, [*]-*****, A-6E^(2); the second A-2O, pi, ^(2)A-W, ^(3)A-E^(2). Bar Association stamps on several of the title pages, some toning and browning throughout, a few short marginal tears, the front free endpaper with a 1736 inscription by John Bull. An important collection of Colonial era laws, quite rare complete, with an interesting association. John Bull, was one of the sons of Stephen Bull, one of the earliest settlers of South Carolina. Holding many posts in the colony, Stephen Bull settled the "Ashley Hall" plantation (named for his patron, Lord Ashley), and helped select the site of Charleston. The printer, Lewis Timothy (originally Timothee, until he anglicized it), had a short career in Charleston, dying from an "unhappy accident" (possibly yellow fever) in December 1738. His role was ably continued by his widow. He learned to print from Benjamin Franklin and in 1733 entered a six-year partnership with him to open a printing office to continue the South Carolina Gazette, with Franklin supplying the printing materials, to be repaid over six years. Before this, at Franklin's behest he had served as a part-time librarian for the Library Company of Philadelphia, started by Franklin in 1731, a service for which he was paid three pounds a trimester. Evans 4080; Church 927; Sabin 87697; Gould & Morgan South Carolina 31. C The New York City Bar Association