[Rarebooks] FS: The Bill of Rights in ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND CONGRESS, 1793

[Charles Agvent]

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[BILL  OF  RIGHTS].  ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND  CONGRESS  OF  THE
UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA.... Philadelphia: Francis  Childs  &  John
Swain  [1793].  First  Edition.  ...BEGUN  AND HELD  AT  THE  CITY  OF
PHILADELPHIA,    IN  THE  STATE  OF   PENNSYLVANIA,  ON  MONDAY,   THE
TWENTY-FOURTH  OF OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND  NINETY-ONE:
AND  OF  THE  INDEPENDENCE  OF   THE  UNITED  STATES,  THE  SIXTEENTH.
PUBLISHED  BY AUTHORITY. Octavo bound in contemporary full sheep  with
a  gilt-lettered  burgundy morocco spine label; 175,  iii,  [176]-291,
i-[iii],  [24]  pages.  Evans  26295. This is  the  First  Edition  to
include  both  sessions  of  Congress; the 1792 edition  by  the  same
publisher  contained  only  the  first session.  Includes  the  twelve
proposed  Amendments to the Constitution and the final ratification of
the  Bill of Rights, an act to establish both the Post Office and  the
Mint  and to regulate coins, an act to build a lighthouse in  Montauk,
the  first Fugitive Slave Act, the formal armistice between the United
States  and Great Britain, a treaty between the United States and  the
Cherokees,  and much more. President George Washington signs the  acts
in  type as do a number of other dignitaries. Includes an index. Mild,
scattered  foxing. Slight loss of leather along joints and the heel of
the  spine,  but  the  covers  are  tight  and  the  binding  is  very
presentable. Very Good                                        $3000.00

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