Books and Manuscripts

The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America; the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation...
Boston: Printed by Norman and Bowen, 1785. Second edition. 12mo. 28, 5-180, (1), 29 pp. Modern three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, black calf spine label, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; scattered soiling, largely in gutter; small dent in upper and lower fore-edge of text, pp. 79-116, not affecting text; paper flaw at center of p. 107. Sabin 16092; Howes C-716; ESTC W20082; Evans 19306

Second edition of the authorized printing of America’s founding documents, including the first collected state constitutions, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance with France. First published by an order of Congress in 1781 in Philadelphia in an edition of only 200 copies.