[Cloth Wrappers]. Massachusetts.

An Act to Incorporate the Boston Marine Insurance Company.

Boston: Printed by John Russell, at his Office, Quaker-Lane, [1799]. First edition. Original blue oilcloth wrappers, 7.25 x 4.5 inches, 13 pages. Title-page vignette. Heavy foxing to the inside front wrapper and front blank, with a trace of faint foxing to the title page; some light wear; a very good copy. Item #20452

A handsome little publication of the articles of incorporation for this marine insurance company, presumably intended as a promotional keepsake; its oilcloth wrappers seem happily suited to maritime commerce. Evans 35221.

Price: $250.00