Very RARE 1794 Laws & Regulations for Militia State of South Carolina Charleston

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Very RARE 1794 Laws & Regulations for Militia State of South Carolina Charleston:
$4500.00

Laws and Regulations for the Militia of theState of South-Carolina, Directed to Be Presented to Each Commissioned Officer,by the Legislature

Published: From the Press ofTimothy and Mason, Charleston, (SC), 1794. FIRST EDITION.

188, (5) pp. Engravedfrontispiece and eight engraved folding plates (each of the eight in this copybeing defective, most with at least a folding panel missing). Sabin 87696.Evans 27720 and 27976. Turnbull I, pp. 305 and 309. Gould & Morgan 1074(Library of Congress, Harvard, New York Historical Society, South CarolinaHistorical Society, and two defective copies, at New York Public and SouthCarolina). OCLC adds another copy (U.S. Military History Center).

Exceptionally rare in thetrade, with no copies recorded at sale for the past 39 years (ABPC,1976-2015).

Early owners\' names on endpapers, uniform light foxing to text,each of the eight folding plates sadly defective, as described above; otherwisea solid copy. Contemporary calf (rubbed), leather spine label, ornamental ruleson spine. A rare 18th-century South Carolina imprint, with only five recordedcomplete copies.

Incredibly scarce in any condition! Not Ex-Lib.

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