Recueil des Loix Constitutives des Colonies Angloises, Confederees sous la Denomination D'Etats-Unis de L'Amerique-Septentrionale.
Paris: Chez les Libraires Associes, 1778.
Auquel on a joint les Actes d'Independence; de Confederation...Dedie a M. le Docteur Franklin. [10], 370pp. 16mo, 19th century 1/2 calf with marbled boards, leather label, light foxing to some pages, mostly to margins, otherwise very good. En Suisse, [i. e. Paris]: Chez les Libraires Associes, 1778. Second Edition.
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. The edition was printed in Paris and not in Switzerland. Using a imprint outside of France was done by the French printer, so that the French government could disassociate itself from a book that might be deemed as not expressing the official government's viewpoint.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(-)
Language: French
Price: $2,000.00
Item #262556