Splendidly preserved first edition set if the first collected edition of the first laws passed by the new nation, in full contemporary sheep.
Very good.
Price: $6,000.00
"Be it enacted by the Senate and Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled [...]"
These volumes include founding documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution/Bill of Rights, but also treaties (including the Treaty of Paris) and all the acts passed by the first through fourth Congresses. Sets are quite difficult to find intact in unsophisticated contemporary bindings as here.
Read more: Evans, American Bibliography, 32973; Reese, Federal Hundred, 63.
Philadelphia: "Published by authority [...] printed by Richard Folwell", 1796, [1797]. Three octavo volumes, 7.75'' x 4.75'' each. Contemporary full sheep, blind-ruled boards, red morocco spine labels. 494, [2]; 576; 477, [1] pages plus unpaginated Index. A few folds unopened. Early ink owner name to front fly leaves. Leaves unevenly toned, with some areas of foxing, dampstain, and marginal wear. Boards slightly bowed, with shallow strips of loss. Vol. I spine head shallowly chipped and darkened, with front joint just starting (still firm). Overall sound.
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