Lot 4033
(Collins, Isaac) Official Colonial Printer For The State of New Jersey. Remininiscences of Isaac and Rachael Collins…, Philadelphia: Lippincott Co., 1893. A biography of Collins, with a history of the reunion of his descendants. Original green and maroon, gold-stamped covers; 159 pp plus appendix and index; numerous illustrations. Very fine. Collins' print shop was in Burlington, New Jersey. He published the voluminous Laws of New Jersey, under the British Crown, and printed the Provincial currency of New Jersey (color illustration in this book). He sided with the Patriot cause and published a newspaper, the New Jersey Gazette from 1777. A scarce and desirable genealogical reference volume.
Estimated Value $200 - 400.
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