A Collection of the Statutes of the Parliament of England in Force in the State of North-Carolina

by François-Xavier Martin

$3,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Bound to style in gilt-ruled half-calf and marbled boards, spine gilt-ruled into six compartments with gilt-lettered red morocco lettering-piece in second, on laid paper Provenance: Signature of James C. Dobbin 1814-1857 , United States Secretary of the Navy 1853-1857 and North Carolina Speaker of the House 1850-1852 . A historically significant compilation of British laws still enforced in North Carolina a decade after the American Revolution. This handsome example

• Binding: Leather

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