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[Benjamin Franklin, printer]. The Charters of the Province of Philadelphia and City of Philadelphia. Philadelphi...
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Printed by Benjamin Franklin, on the Laws of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
[Benjamin Franklin, printer]. The Charters of the
Province of Philadelphia and City of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1742. [Together
With]: A Collection of All the Laws of the Province of
Pennsylvania: Now in Force. Published by Order of the
Assembly. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1742.
[Together With]: An Appendix; Containing a
Summary of Such Acts of Assembly As have been formerly in Force
within this Province, For Regulating of Descents, and Transfering
[sic] the Property of Lands, &c... Philadelphia: Printed by
B. Franklin, 1742. First Franklin edition of this appearance of
the correct and complete laws of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania,
begun by John Kinsey in 1739, and printed by Franklin three years
later. Folio. 11.75 x 7 inches. 30, 529, [1, blank], 1-24
[sic], 531-562, xi, [1, blank] pages. Three separate title-pages
(title-page and page iv of Appendix (both with blank versos) are
loose, most likely supplied from another copy and is apparently
lacking page ii/iii. Contemporary full brown calf, spine ruled in
black. Binding worn, soiled and scuffed, hinges starting, text
toned, with some offsetting, occasional soiling, foxing, and
contemporary ink markings and notations. Still, a very good
copy.Evans 5033. From the library of Dr. Henry H. Fertig, M.D..
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