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NEW YORK] The laws of His Majesties Colony of New-York, as they were enacted by the Governour, Council and General Assembly (for the Time being) in divers Sessions, the first of which began April 9th, 1691

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NEW YORK] The laws of His Majesties Colony of New-York, as they were enacted by the Governour, Council and General Assembly (for the Time being) in divers Sessions, the first of which began April 9th, 1691

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NEW YORK] The laws of His Majesties Colony of New-York, as they were enacted by the Governour, Council and General Assembly (for the Time being) in divers Sessions, the first of which began April 9th, 1691 . New York: Printed by William Bradford printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty for the Colony of New-York, 1719. 19th century speckled calf, edges sprinkled red, housed in a clamshell case. 11 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (29 x 18 cm); [12], 88, 155-[168], 171-182 [actually p. 180], 183-196, 239-280 [actually p. 290], 207-253, [245, verso blank], 246-324, 20 pp. The pagination (even more than is indicated by the enumeration above) is profoundly erratic. Binding rubbed, some wear to joints, but sound, front free endpaper loose. Minor marginal repairs to the first several leaves, the Bar Association stamp twice on the title. Generally a clean copy; according to an old notation this is likely the Menzies/Murphy example (the last copy we can trace at auction), sold 1884. It does not have pp. 151-154 found in the copy described in ESTC (the Acts of June, 1712) but this is likely copy-to-copy variation in a work of variable and erratic collation, rather than a defect. The Charlemagne Tower copy also lacked these leaves. The description of the Menzies copy is worthy of note, as it discusses the extraordinarily erratic pagination: "The arrangement and paging of this edition of the Laws of New York require explanation in order to be understood. The volume is complete. The gaps in the numbering of the pages arise from the fact that it is made up of reprints of portions of the early acts, those of a temporary character being left out, by which means the number of pages is reduced; and of the session laws, subsequently passed, in the original sheets as they were printed, and continuously numbered with the earlier session laws, as printed at the time, containing the temporary as well as the permanent acts. The directions to be found on the reverse of the last leaf of the table of contents in the beginning of the book will explain the duplication of a large number of pages, by reason of the separate publication of an appropriation bill. It is to be noted that this compilation differs materially from the edition printed in London in the same year, and that laws are found in each not in the other." This collection of laws is of considerable importance to the early history of New York State and City and is not to be confused with the more common (though still rare) London edition of the same date. Printed by William Bradford New York City's first public printer (appointed as of 1693) the work is rare, with ESTC showing four copies only (American Antiquarian Society, the Huntington, New York Historical Society and University of Minnesota Law Library). There seems to be considerable variation in pagination; ESTC records [12], 88, 155-163 [i.e. 155-167], 151-154, 171-196 [i.e. 171-194], 239-288, 207-252, 245-324 [i.e. 245-323]. We have the ten-leaf Ordinance for Regulating and Establishing Fees, Evans, 1848; ESTC W16214 bound at the rear, not recorded in the above collation but noted in Tower, but do not have pp. 151-154 as previously discussed, though as noted above this seems within the acceptable variation for the work. ESTC W16215; Evans, 2065; Charlemagne Tower 608; Sabin, 53731. C The New York City Bar Association

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 54
Auktion:
Datum:
24.11.2014
Auktionshaus:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
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Beschreibung:

NEW YORK] The laws of His Majesties Colony of New-York, as they were enacted by the Governour, Council and General Assembly (for the Time being) in divers Sessions, the first of which began April 9th, 1691 . New York: Printed by William Bradford printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty for the Colony of New-York, 1719. 19th century speckled calf, edges sprinkled red, housed in a clamshell case. 11 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (29 x 18 cm); [12], 88, 155-[168], 171-182 [actually p. 180], 183-196, 239-280 [actually p. 290], 207-253, [245, verso blank], 246-324, 20 pp. The pagination (even more than is indicated by the enumeration above) is profoundly erratic. Binding rubbed, some wear to joints, but sound, front free endpaper loose. Minor marginal repairs to the first several leaves, the Bar Association stamp twice on the title. Generally a clean copy; according to an old notation this is likely the Menzies/Murphy example (the last copy we can trace at auction), sold 1884. It does not have pp. 151-154 found in the copy described in ESTC (the Acts of June, 1712) but this is likely copy-to-copy variation in a work of variable and erratic collation, rather than a defect. The Charlemagne Tower copy also lacked these leaves. The description of the Menzies copy is worthy of note, as it discusses the extraordinarily erratic pagination: "The arrangement and paging of this edition of the Laws of New York require explanation in order to be understood. The volume is complete. The gaps in the numbering of the pages arise from the fact that it is made up of reprints of portions of the early acts, those of a temporary character being left out, by which means the number of pages is reduced; and of the session laws, subsequently passed, in the original sheets as they were printed, and continuously numbered with the earlier session laws, as printed at the time, containing the temporary as well as the permanent acts. The directions to be found on the reverse of the last leaf of the table of contents in the beginning of the book will explain the duplication of a large number of pages, by reason of the separate publication of an appropriation bill. It is to be noted that this compilation differs materially from the edition printed in London in the same year, and that laws are found in each not in the other." This collection of laws is of considerable importance to the early history of New York State and City and is not to be confused with the more common (though still rare) London edition of the same date. Printed by William Bradford New York City's first public printer (appointed as of 1693) the work is rare, with ESTC showing four copies only (American Antiquarian Society, the Huntington, New York Historical Society and University of Minnesota Law Library). There seems to be considerable variation in pagination; ESTC records [12], 88, 155-163 [i.e. 155-167], 151-154, 171-196 [i.e. 171-194], 239-288, 207-252, 245-324 [i.e. 245-323]. We have the ten-leaf Ordinance for Regulating and Establishing Fees, Evans, 1848; ESTC W16214 bound at the rear, not recorded in the above collation but noted in Tower, but do not have pp. 151-154 as previously discussed, though as noted above this seems within the acceptable variation for the work. ESTC W16215; Evans, 2065; Charlemagne Tower 608; Sabin, 53731. C The New York City Bar Association

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 54
Auktion:
Datum:
24.11.2014
Auktionshaus:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
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