United States Constitution

The Constitutions of the United States; According to the Latest Amendments: To Which Are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence, the Federal Constitution and the Bill of Rights of the State of Virginia. Winchester, Va.: From the Press of Jonathan Foster, 1811

8vo (200 x 🔴114 mm). Title-page browned, age-darkened, frayed, and laid down, A2 repaired in upper right corner, long tears to D2–3, terminal leaf inlaid. Modern red buckram, spine lettered gilt.

In addition to the documents mentioned in the title, the work includes the constitutions of Vermont, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio along with those of the original eleven states and the charter of Rhode Island. There is also an account of the constitution of Connecticut (still not yet adopted), an ordinance for the government of the Northwest Territory, and acts conce🧜rning the District of Columbia and Louisiana.

REFERENCE:

Sabin 16102; Shaw & Shoemaker 22610

PROVENANCE:

J. Campbell (signature on terminal leaf)