The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1787 [With an early printing of the U.S. Constitution]

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1789. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. [2], ii, 192,*193-232*, 193-320; 202, [14]pp. Contains one of the earliest British printings of the United States Constitution. Contemporary tree calf, gilt spine with dark red titling label. Engraved armorial bookplate of T. Cother on front pastedown. Spine back and edges of the boards are rubbed and worn, else near fine with light foxing on the final seven Contents leaves. A handsome copy in the original binding of the *Annual Register*, considered by leading historians as an important source for events relating to the creation of the United States. This volume prints the “Articles of the New Constitution of the United States of America, entered into by a Convention of all the States held at New York …” on pages 289-300. Signed in letterpress: “George Washington, President. William Jackson, Secretary.” A beautifully preserved, bright copy. *ESTC* T221183.