[Revised Code] A COLLECTION OF ALL SUCH ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, OF A PUBLIC AND PERMANENT NATURE, AS ARE NOW IN FORCE; with a New and Complete Index
by Virginia
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fair binding
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, Jun and Henry Pace, 1803. Full Leather. Fair binding. Octavo. [2], vi, 454, [2 (blank)], 72 (index) pp. First edition, thus. In contemporary sheep with red morocco title label on the spine. A second volume of the Revised Code was issued in Samuel Pleasants in 1808. Binding is worn with chipping at the head of the spine; joints starting; contemporary owner notes marked through on the front endpapers. Textblock remains solid; pages generally darkened. Interesting look into early Virginia law from, according to Shaw & Shoemaker, 1748-1802 with substantive material from laws governing militias to laws about slavery and free blacks. Herein are also reprinted the Virginia Declaration of Rights (6 May 1776) and the first Virginia Constitution (29 June 1776). Uncommon. Shaw & Shoemaker 5512.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5574
- Title
- [Revised Code] A COLLECTION OF ALL SUCH ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, OF A PUBLIC AND PERMANENT NATURE, AS ARE NOW IN FORCE; with a New and Complete Index
- Author
- Virginia
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Samuel Pleasants, Jun and Henry Pace
- Place of Publication
- Richmond
- Date Published
- 1803
- Keywords
- Box H
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; History--U.S; Rare Book Room;
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About the Seller
Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....