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![First American edition, designated the seventh on the title page in reference to the six prior London editions. iii-iv;289,(9)(2)pp. Collation: [1], title (lacking); A8-T8, lacking T7. Lacks title page (provided in facsimile), both free endpapers, and leaf T7, which is the beginning of the index. Original full sheep binding; spine in six compartmens with raised bands. Red leather lettering piece, gilt; blind rules and rolls on the boards. The edges and leather surface are well worn with portions of the leather surface perished at the edges; a partial split of the bottom part of the upper joint (about 1'), else the hinges are strong. Some foxing and soil to the text block else very good. Laid in is a clipping from a old newpaper of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (probably mid-20th cent.). Also laid in is a photocopy, from another copy, of the title and following page. The first general law book printed in what is now the United States. The colonial printer, Hugh Gaine, began business in New York in 1750 and lived through the Revolutionary War until 1807.](/thorn/images/items/80x160/18434.jpg "First American edition, designated the seventh on the title page in reference to the six prior London editions. iii-iv;289,(9)(2)pp. Collation: [1], title (lacking); A8-T8, lacking T7. Lacks title page (provided in facsimile), both free endpapers, and leaf T7, which is the beginning of the index. Original full sheep binding; spine in six compartmens with raised bands. Red leather lettering piece, gilt; blind rules and rolls on the boards. The edges and leather surface are well worn with portions of the leather surface perished at the edges; a partial split of the bottom part of the upper joint (about 1'), else the hinges are strong. Some foxing and soil to the text block else very good. Laid in is a clipping from a old newpaper of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (probably mid-20th cent.). Also laid in is a photocopy, from another copy, of the title and following page. The first general law book printed in what is now the United States. The colonial printer, Hugh Gaine, began business in New York in 1750 and lived through the Revolutionary War until 1807.")
(Jacob, Giles)
New-York: Hugh Gaine, 1768.
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New-York: Hugh Gaine, 1768.
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(Jacob, Giles)
New-York: Hugh Gaine, 1768.
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