Recueil des Loix Constitutives des Colonies Angloises, Confederees sous la Denomination D'Etats-Unis de L'Amerique-Septentrionale.; auquel on a joint les Actes d'Independence; de Confederation...Dedie a M. le Docteur Franklin.
Philadelphia: Chez Cellot & Jombert, 1778.
[12], 370 pages. Thick 12mo, handsomely rebound in modern tree calf with red & green leather labels on gilt-decorated spine; deckled edges (very light foxing and staining to some pages, but mostly the text is bright and clean with wide margins). Philadelphie, et se vend a Paris: Chez Cellot & Jombert, 1778. First Edition. A near fine copy with original drab wrappers bound in.
The earliest collection of American state constitutions printed in France. Contains early printing in French in a book of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence. "First collected edition, compiled by Regnier." Howes R-111.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First
Language: French
Price: $1,750.00
Item #152956