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1713 · 322213 — New York: William Bradford 1713. 688151-173175-245 i.e. 253pp. p.174 omitted in printing. Folio. Early 20th-century pebbled morocco spine gilt. Light wear to boards and extremities. Titlepage with closed tear to lower right corner no text affected leaf A2 with two closed tears to right edge no loss of text. Titlepage first three leaves and final eight leaves likely supplied from another copy with rough trimming at the lower edges. Light worming to about seven leaves no text affected light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Very good. 688151-173175-245 i.e. 253pp. p.174 omitted in printing. Folio. A major early New York imprint from the press of William Bradford the "pioneering printer of the English middle colonies" DAB and first printer of New York. Bradford 1663-1752 originally settled in Pennsylvania where he began operating a printing press in 1685 and a bookstore in 1688. Controversies within the Quaker community with Bradford supporting the dissident George Keith led to the temporary seizure of his types and paper in 1692 and in 1693 he moved to New York. The present documents are among the earliest official New York imprints.<br /> <br /> This present collection of THE LAWS. is the third collection of New York laws after those of 1694 and 1710 and covers legislation passed from 1691 to 1713. Laws herein include acts "for quieting and settling the Disorders that have lately happened within this Province" 1691 "for restraining and punishing Privateers and Pyrates" 1693 and 1698 and "against Jesuites and Popish Priests" 1700 as well as numerous acts "for Regulating Slaves" and one for "Baptizing them" 1706. The index reflects the odd pagination in the volume which skips from page 88 to page 155. This is due in part to the fact that they are a composite of Bradford's various separately issued official publications of New York laws. The two leaves following the titlepage are an index the present copy being comprised of individually printed pages pasted together to form one double-sided leaf. EVANS 1636 1637 1638. ESTC W16357 W42004 William Bradford unknown