[THE HISTORY OF THE COLONY OF MASSACHUSETS- BAY [sic], FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT THEREOF IN 1628, UNTIL ITS INCORPORATION WITH THE COLONY OF PLIMOUTH, PROVINCE OF MAIN, &c. BY THE CHARTER OF KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, IN 1691] [WITH] THE HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETS-BAY[sic], FROM THE CHARTER OF KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, IN 1691, UNTIL THE YEAR 1750. (2 VOLUMES)

Boston: Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, Cornhill, 1767. Full Leather. Good binding. Please note that the first volume of what would become a 4 volume set of Hutchinson's Massachuetts-Bay history IS LACKING THE TITLE PAGE. The title and publication information is by inference. The first leaf of Volume I is the Contents leaf. There is on the pastedown the plate of the Woburn Public Libary, about which is penned Vol. 1 Mr. Hutchinson's History. The collation following the Contents leaf is [iv], 566, [2]. ~~The second volume from 1767 is intact, though lacking the rear endpaper.. Title page is present, followed by the Contents leaf [with errata on the verso], [iv], 539 pages. There are two extraneous items (clippings) tipped in, at 106/107 and at 316/317.~~The front board of each volume has been reattached. Labels are lacking. (Howes 853; II Streeter 698, 699; Sabin 34076, Sabin 34078; Evans 9705; Evans 10658). Good binding.