America.- [Curson (Henry)] A Compendium of the Laws and Government Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military, of England, Scotland & Ireland, and Dominions, Plantations and Territories thereunto belonging..., first edition, initial advertisement f. with bookplate to verso, with blank Y4 but lacking final blank, without endpapers, contemporary calf, some wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, joints cracked but holding, [Sabin 15046; Wing C7686], 8vo, Assigns of Rich. & Edw. Atkins, 1699.

⁂ A variant title-page has John Deeve's name in the imprint (Wing C7686A). Perhaps most notable for its appendix, "A Compendious Description of the English Plantations in Asia, Africa and America", pp.489-532. Scarce, we can trace only one copy at auction in the last 45 years.