THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, CAREFULLY COMPARED WITH THE ORIGINALS. AND AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SUCH ACTS, AND PARTS OF ACTS, RELATING TO PROPERTY, AS ARE EXPIRED, ALTERED OR REPEALED. TOGETHER WITH THE ROYAL, PROPRIETARY, CITY AND BOROUGH CHARTERS; AND THE ORIGINAL CONCESSIONS OF THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM PENN TO THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE PROVINCE. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF ASSEMBLY

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Hall and Sellers, 1775. Folio. xxi, [1 blank], 536, 22 [Appendix], [12- Index], 3 [Addendum], [1 blank] pp, as issued. Dirty blank endpapers, but a clean text with mild scattered foxing. Bound in contemporary calf, with raised spine bands and gilt-lettered morocco spine label, Very Good. With the ownership signature of Lebbeus Egerton, dated 24 October 1813. Egerton [1773-1846] was a Vermont farmer who was elected Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, from 1831-1835, on the Anti-Masonic ticket.

A chronological compilation of the colonial laws of Pennsylvania from 1700 through 1775, preceded by the earliest Charters. The book prints the 22-page Appendix [with separate title page], the 12-page Index, and the three-page Addendum at the end.
Evans 14364. Hildeburn 3147. Tower Collection 754. Sabin 59820. (Inventory #: 39906)