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Trott, NicholasThe laws of the British plantations in America, relating to the church and the clergy, religion and learning. Collected in one volume. By Nicholas Trott, LL.D. Chief Justice of the Province of South Carolina. London: B. Cowse, 1721 Folio (360 x 230 mm). Title printed in red and black with woodcut printer's device of a rose and crown, section titles, woodcut head- and tailpieces; some occasional spotting and marginal browning. Contemporary calf, covers paneled in blind; rubbed with some loss, neatly rebacked, endleaves renewed. First edition. In the present work, Nicholas Trott succeeds in merging his interest in law, with his attempts to establish the Church of England within the colonies. The Laws collect ecclesiastical acts from South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts-Bay, New Hampshire, Barbados, Antego, Nevis, the Leeward Island, Jamaica, and Bermuda. Rare — our records locate no other copies of this work appearing at auction in over fifty years. PROVENANCENew York City Bar Association (Doyle, 24 November 2014, lot 36) REFERENCEESTC T78926; Sabin 97056