1802 · Philadelphia:
by [Constitution].
8vo, period calf, rebacked with leather, [2], 266 pp. Joints cracked, rebacking crude, some wear to covers, paper slightly fragile, front endpaper detached, other front endpaper with piece missing, ink name on front pastedown, some darkening to contents; otherwise about very good. This is a rich volume of early American government. In addition to the United Sates Constitution, and Declaration of Independence, this volume also contains the constitutions of the original states and the ordinances for the government of the North West Territory. Printed under the title is the notation that "This edition contains the constitutions of Vermont, Delaware, Georgia, and Kentucky, with the regulations for the government of the territory north west of the river Ohio." This material was not in any other edition.
(Inventory #: 106375)