New York

The Constitution of the State of New-York [caption title]. [Albany?: 1846]

8vo (241 x 155 mm). 58 pp. with an addit💝ional pp. 57-58 leaf and second blank at end; occasional light spotting and toning. Stab-sewn in self-wrappers; some creasing and chipping to corners. Housed in a red cloth slipcase with red chemise. 

Evidently a working draft printing of the 1846﷽ New York Constitution, notable in part🐟 for its ban on cruel and unusual punishment.