Laws and acts of Her Majesties Colony of Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations made from the first settlement in 1636 to 1705. With an introduction by Sidney S. Rider

Providence: Sidney S. Rider and Burnett Rider, 1896. Edition limited to 100 copies, folio, pp. viii, 65, [1]; 61 leaves of facsimiles of the original manuscript; original printed green wrappers; a bit of damp in the bottom margin of the terminal leaves and back wrap, otherwise fine throughout; contained in a half brown morocco slipcase, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; lightly rubbed. This is the first time these laws were ever printed; and the volume contains a facsimile reprint of the original manuscript laws. Bookplate of Frederic S. Peck. Rider was a leading Providence bookseller, publisher and antiquarian who had amassed a collection of manuscript and printed materials documenting the history and print culture of Rhode Island from the 17th through the early 20th centuries, a collection now at Brown University. Item #55281

Price: $625.00