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Boston: Prince Society, 1869. hardcover. very good. Frontispieces and decorative devices throughout. Volume II and III of 3 only. 346 pages and 257 pages (two detached pages and repairs with old tape and tissue throughout volume 2, deckle edges, thick square 8vos, rebound in grey buckram, worn original wrappers bound in. Boston: Prince Society, 1869 and 1874. Bindings in fine condition, text block very good(-).<br/><br/> Ex library copies with labels on spines and ex-lib stamps<br/><br/>

Boston: Prince Society, 1869; 1869; 1874. "Being a collection of pamphlets and official papers issued during the period between the overthrow of the Andros government and the establishment of the second charter of Massachusetts; with notes and a memoir of Sir Edmund Andros." Andros was appointed Governor of the Dominion of New England in 1686. His arbitrary insistence on inserting the Church of England into a Puritan society resulted in an uprising against him in 1689. Tradition has him fleeing captivity disguised as a woman. DAB gives a more balanced account: "His personality has been little understood because attention has always been focused on the policies of his administration which were distasteful to the theocrats... He was essentially a soldier, and where soldierly qualities were needed his rule was excellent." See Howes A 271. This is a mixed set, volume III being in a different binding than the first two. Volumes I and II are a limited edition of 150 copies, bound in half brown morocco over… Read More