ACTS PASSED IN THE ISLAND OF BARBADOS. FROM 1643 TO 1762 INCLUSIVE; CAREFULLY REVISED INNUMERABLE ERRORS CORRECTED; AND THE WHOLE COMPARED AND EXAMINED WITH THE ORIGINAL ACTS IN THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE.TO WHICH IS ADDED AN INDEX; AND ABRIDGMENT: WITH MANY USEFUL NOTES REFERENCES AND OBSERVATIONS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
1764WRCAM49429London: Printed for Richard Hall 1764. xi1iv526284pp. Half title. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards gilt leather label. A few older repairs to half title and titlepage verso ownership signature on half title and titlepage dampstain in bottom corner of first quarter of the text block small stain in upper margin of two leaves in the Abridgment minor foxing. Very good. A noticeably expanded edition of the laws of Barbados from the earlier printings in 1721 and 1730s. The verso of the half title is signed by the editor Richard Hall "to authenticate this Impression; and to prevent spurious Editions." Includes a four-page list of subscribers. "The 'late Richard Hall Esq.' was one of the Representatives in the General Assembly for the Parish of St. Michael Barbados according to the title- page" - Higgs. ESTC records only eight copies in the United Kingdom and ten copies in the United States. Auction records reveal only one sale in 1948 at Sotheby's. A rare collection of laws for the island of Barbados. BARTLETT 1383. HIGGS 3196. SABIN 29840. ESTC T19072. Printed for Richard Hall hardcover books
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