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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.)
The Charter Granted by their Majesties
King William and Queen Mary, to . . . Massachusetts-Bay in New-England
bound with
Acts and Laws of His Majesty’s Province of the Massachusetts-Bay
as
issued, and supplements. [1], 14, [17], [2], 525 pages. Folio, contemporary calf, tastefully
rebacked with corners restored; closed tears on 4 leaves, moderate dampstaining, early
manuscript additions to Table of Contents leaves; signature of Governor’s Council member
Joseph Lemmon of Charlestown on title page. Boston: B. Green, 1726-34
[4,000/6,000]
Includes the charter (bound first), the full 1726 laws in 347 pages, and 22 separately-printed
supplements all of the session laws printed through 6 July 1734. Charlemagne Tower 215-
237; Evans 2762, 2900-2, 3054-7, 3182, 3306-7, 3440-2, 3564-5, 3679-82, 3790-2.
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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) [Greenwood, Isaac.]
Arithmetick Vulgar
and Decimal; with the Application . . . in Trade, and Commerce.
[6], 158 pages.
8vo, contemporary calf, minor wear; hinges split, aggressively cropped with some text loss,
particularly in the early pages, a few early annotations, leaf N1 defective, lacking final 2
leaves (table of contents).
Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1729
[1,000/1,500]
The first mathematics textbook by an American published in America. Greenwood had recently
been appointed as the first occupant of Harvard’s Hollis Chair of Mathematics, serving until his
dismissal for excessive drinking in 1737. Evans 3170; Karpinski, page 43; Sabin 28689n.
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