Acts Of Assembly Passed in the Island of St. Christopher; From 1711, to 1735, inclusive. [WITH:] An Abridgement Of The Acts of Assembly, Passed in the Island of St. Christopher; From 1711, to 1740, inclusive

London: Printed by John Baskett, 1739., 1739. 2 Parts with separate titles. folio. pp. x, 182; [1 leaf], clxvii-clxviii, 169-198. woodcut ornaments, initials & title vignette. engraved headpiece by G. Vander Gucht. modern quarter calf (title backed repairing marginal tears, some browning & marginal dampstains, several repaired tears with no loss of text, few leaves with wormtrack in upper blank margin). Discovered by Columbus in 1493, St. Christopher (St. Kitts) was the first of the Leeward Island to be colonized by the British (1623). Held jointly by the French and English from 1628 to 1713, the island was returned to Great Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. This present collection of laws provides for the early English government of the colony, with acts relating to the militia, taxes, trade and commerce, negroes and other slaves, public works, &c. Although the pagination and collation are irregular, the work is complete as issued, pp. 165-182 with drop-heading: 'These following Acts were not come to Hand when the foregoing were printed off', inserted before the 'Abridgmeent' (see European Americana). European Americana 739/268 (6 copies). Sabin 75009 & JCB I 630 (citing pp. 198). cfCundall 254-55 (Acts.1664-1739). [BOUND WITH:] LEEWARD ISLANDS. LAWS, STATUTES, ETC. Acts of Assembly, Passed in the Charibbee Leeward Islands. From 1690, to 1730 [i.e. 1705]. folio. pp. 24, [4]. woodcut title vignette. engraved headpiece by G. Vander Gucht. (some browning & marginal dampstains, several marginal repairs, first few leaves with wormtrack in upper blank margin). London: Prinnted.by John Baskett, 1740. European Americana 740/176 (5 copies). Cundall 211 [vide ANTIGUA]. cfSabin 12025..