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Title:       The Perpetual Laws, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from the
             Establishment of its Constitution to the First Session of the
             General Court, A.D. 1788 . . . Carefully Compared with the
             Original Acts. Volume One
Publisher:   Printed at Worcester, by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, 1788.
Description: An elaborately glossed copy of Isaiah Thomas's pioneering effort
             to print the Massachusetts laws arranged by subject as conceived
             by him, with a manuscript index covering much of the title and
             adjoining leaf and the printed index similarly annotated
Condition:   Original sheep, very worn, back board detaching, with the
             signature of J. Perkins, perhaps the James Perkins whose mansion
             housed the Boston Athenaeum
Book No.:     W-78700                Price: $     850.00