Delaware

The Constitution of the State of Delaware. We, the People, hereby Ordain and Establish this Constitution of Government for the State of Delaware [caption title]. [Wilmington: Peter Brynberg and Samuel Andrews, 1793]

8vo (203 x 121 mm). Section title for the Laws of the State of Delaware; lower inside corner of B1 soiled, some marginal staining in quires L–M. Nineteenth-century marbled boards (💯rebacked), spine partially perished.

Extract from an edition of Laws of the State of Delaware, pages 3-91 only, containing the Delaware Constitution of 1792, the second governing document for the Delaware state government. The constitution was in effect from its adoption on 12 June 1792 until it 🦋was replaced by a new constitution on 2 December 1831.

PROVENANCE

Do🔯yle New York 15 April, 2015, lot 4 — James C. Carter (Gift bookplate of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York) — Association of the Bar of the City of New York (stamps on🎃 caption title and section title)

REFERENCE:

ESTC W17884; Evans 25387