[2], 142 pp. (8vo) 8x5, period marbled boards backed with diced calf, later blue endpapers. Second Edition.

"First collected edition of these colonial charters." Includes charters of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Georgia. The first edition was 1766; this second edition is of much significance, being published as the situation in America was heating up. Old rubberstamp of the Clinton Hall Association on the title-page, along with an old ink accession number. Sabin 12162; Howes C310.