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[PENNSYLVANIA]. The Charters and Acts of Assembly of the Pr...

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[PENNSYLVANIA]. The Charters and Acts of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Peter Miller, 1762. 2 volumes in one, Folio (371 x 241 mm). (Title?page browned at margins). Full contemporary sheep, red morocco lettering?piece gilt in second compartment (covers heavily worn with surface scuffs and rubbing at edges, separation along joints, ends worn, front blank sprung). FIRST FOLIO EDITION, with the Appendix and Index at the end. This folio edition (?Big Peter Miller?) is considered more sought after than the octavo set (?Little Peter Miller?) from the same year. AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF EARLY LAWS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COLONY. Evans 9227; Sabin 59972.