RECUEIL DES LOIX CONSTITUTIVES DES COLONIES ANGLOISES, CONFEDEREES SOUS LA DENOMINATION D'ETATS-UNIS DE L'AMERIQUE - SEPTEMBTRIONALE... DEDIE A M. LE DOCTOR FRANKLIN. -

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A Philadelphie [i.e. Paris], 1778.. [12],370pp. Half title. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, raised bands, leather label. Very minor foxing, primarily to exterior leaves. Older library ink stamps on recto and verso of titlepage. Very good. Untrimmed and unopened. The earliest collection of the constitutions of the constituent American states published in France, and the predecessor for the more generally known translation by the Duc de la Rochefoucauld of THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE SEVERAL INDEPENDENT STATES OF AMERICA (Philadelphia, 1781 and Paris, 1783). This work was compiled by Regnier, and dedicated via a letter herein printed to Benjamin Franklin, who ordered the printing of the 1783 collection. Also included is an exceptionally early appearance in book form, in French, of the Declaration of Independence. An important early gathering. Interestingly, this title appears under two false imprints, "En Suisse" and "A Philadelphie," the latter of which the present copy bears. The… Read More

Philadelphia: Chez Cellot & Jombert, 1778. First. hardcover. near fine. [12], 370 pages. Thick 12mo, handsomely rebound in modern tree calf with red & green leather labels on gilt-decorated spine; deckled edges (very light foxing and staining to some pages, but mostly the text is bright and clean with wide margins). Philadelphie, et se vend a Paris: Chez Cellot & Jombert, 1778. First Edition. A near fine copy with original drab wrappers bound in.<br/><br/> 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.<br/><br/>

Philadelphia: Chez Cellot & Jombert, 1778. First. hardcover. near fine. [12], 370 pages. Thick 12mo, attractively bound in contemporary mottled calf with gilt-decorated spine (leather worn at head; light foxing throughout; pages trimmed a bit close at top but otherwise with ample margins). Philadelphie, et se vend a Paris: Chez Cellot & Jombert, 1778. First Edition. A near fine copy with original drab wrappers bound in.<br/><br/> 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.<br/><br/>

Paris: Chez les Libraires Associes, 1778. hardcover. very good(-). 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.<br/><br/> 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.<br/><br/>