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Identifier
George Wythe Collection KFV 2430 1733 .A2
Creation Date
1733
Description
Parks, William. A Collection of All the Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia with the Titles of Such as are Expir'd, or Repeal'd and Notes in the Margin, Shewing How, and at What Time, They Were Repeal'd. Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks, 1733. George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library. Volume lacking title page.
William Parks (1699–1750) set up the first Virginia printing press and book bindery on Duke of Gloucester Street a few doors down from the Capitol. Encouraged by Lt. Gov. William Gooch (1681–1751), the General Assembly contracted with him to compile a full-text edition of the statutes in force. He was assisted by George Webb (d.1758). A Collection of all the Acts of Assembly was first Virginia-specific law book printed in Virginia. This copy is from the Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Collection.
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