The book of the general laws for the people within the jurisdiction of Conecticut : collected out of the records of the General Court : lately revised, and with some emendations and additions established and published by the authority of the General Court of Conecticut, holden at Hartford in October, 1672

Item Information

Title:
The book of the general laws for the people within the jurisdiction of Conecticut : collected out of the records of the General Court : lately revised, and with some emendations and additions established and published by the authority of the General Court of Conecticut, holden at Hartford in October, 1672
Title (alt.):
Book of the general laws for the people within the jurisdiction of Connecticut
Title (uniform):
Laws, etc. (Compiled statutes : 1672)
Creator:
Connecticut
Printer:
Green, Samuel, 1615-1702
Binder:
Ratcliff, John
Former owner:
Lynde, Simon, 1624-1687
Former owner:
Bancroft, Amos
Former owner:
Green, Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott), 1830-1918
Date:
1673
Format:
Books
Manuscripts
Genre:
Stabbing
Marginalia
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Special Collections, Rare Books
Subjects:
Law--Connecticut--Early works to 1800
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Cambridge
Extent:
[4], 71, [5] p. ; 28 cm (fol.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/jm214r592
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Restrictions:
Access to physical copy/copies by appointment only. Please contact Boston Public Library Rare Books and Manuscripts Department for further information.
Publisher:
Cambridge : Printed by Samuel Green
Language:
English
Notes:
Conserved and digitized at the Northeast Document Conservation Center, Andover, Massachusetts, in 2020. Images of previous binding inserted at end of sequence.
Notes (ownership):
PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy H.102.77 with annotation in the hand of Simon Lynde (possibly Judge Simon Lynde, of Boston, 1624-1687) in lower margin of F2 recto. Purchased from Dr. Samuel Abbott Green in September, 1880.
Notes (citation):
Evans, C. American bibliography, 173
English short title catalogue, W9205
Notes (object):
Four lines from 13 Romans 1-2 on title page.
Signatures: a² B-U².
C1 signed B.
Title page vignette (arms of Connecticut).
"An alphabetical table, shewing general titles and heads of this book of laws" on p. 71.
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy H.102.77 formerly comprised the third part of a volume bound by John Ratcliff that also contained: 1. The book of the general laws of the inhabitants of the jurisdiction of New-Plimouth (Evans 171) -- 2. The general laws and liberties of the Massachusetts Colony (Evans 168), and session laws for 1672, 1672-1673, and 1674 (Evans 169, 177, 190). That volume was disbound at the BPL and broken into three parts, now cataloged separately under call numbers: H.102.11, H.101.21 nos.1-4, and H.102.77 (the present volume).
BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy H.102.77 bound in modern brown paper over boards. Originally bound by John Ratcliff in blind tooled sheepskin over pasteboards, the initials "W.L." stamped in blind on both covers. Later disbound, retaining original lower cover but left without any upper cover. H.102.11 retains upper cover from original Ratcliff binding.
Identifier:
H-102-77
Call #:
RARE BKS H.102.77
Barcode:
39999092611787