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Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Comprehensive set of laws for the state, including its foundational documents and Constitution; of some interest are the sections regulating slaves and free negroes, their treatment, penalties for abusing them, consequences for crimes they commit: "§ 3311. Every slave who.cuts or bites off the lip, ear, or nose, of any white person.must, on conviction, suffer death." Recently rebound in full cloth, as pictured. Light wear to book; title page & first few pages chipped, minor damage to other pages. Text clean; xviii, blank leaf, 795 pages, blank, [2] pages - Semple's certification of comparison & errata note. Size: Large Octavo.