The Book of the General Laws and Liberties Concerning the Inhabitants of the Massachusetts John Ratcliff (bookbinder)

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massachusetts general laws

bound john ratcliffe in 1676


the general laws , liberties of massachusetts colony revised , reprinted order of general court bound around 1676. printed in 1672 samuel green bookseller hezekiah usher of boston, massachusetts. book folio 6 inches 10 inches. binding made calfskin. color deep tone mellow brown, comparable mahogany. cover has lines , tools in blank, developing darker brown cover.


the edges of front cover board covered in calfskin consist of 2 lines. within these 2 line borders there marked out panel of 2 lines. on corners of panel flourish of tooling. tooling center flower fan-shaped tool within corner. small flower cluster goes outwards edge corners of cover towards center. @ upper , lower ends of main cover halfway between outer corners impression of triangle of 3 buds. in dead center of cover impression of small flower cluster used on outer edge corners. there j gold initial on left side of center image , s gold initial on right side of center image, perhaps name john sherman. sherman representative general court of massachusetts colony in 1651, 1653, 1663 , 1680.


the folds of sections sewn per custom of time. book did not follow custom however. body of book cut 4 small eye holes through sides along margins. through these holes threaded 4 rawhide strings hold book tightly cover boards had 4 eye holes. cover boards edges of paper in book.


the american antiquarian society has in possession book copy of these massachusetts laws bound ratcliff. speculated reason leather covers have held on 300 years leather treated sumach tanning agent, though calfskin has become hard old vellum. front of book covers furnished 2 clasps closing book. upper clasp closing book missing on antiquarian copy. lower 1 still there , has simple design on it.









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