The Public Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina. Volume II.
Newbern, North Carolina: Martin & Ogden, 1804. 226 pp. + index + errata + book ad. Professionally and beautifully rebound in marbled boards and red leather spine with new gilt titles on leather spine labels. Some toning and foxing. Original endpapers. Voume II only.
A scarce revised and enlarged edition of the collected public acts of North Carolina. Revised and published by Francois-Xavier Martin, who set up as a printer in Newbern in the 1780s, was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1789, and served the state until being appointed Attorney General of the Territory of Orleans. This work builds on the Iredell laws of 1791 and the subsequent supplements, including sections on slavery laws. A scarce book in the market. Shaw & Shoemaker 6940, 6941. Item #100220
Price: $1,600.00