[Rarebooks] FS: The Bill of Rights, 1793

[Charles Agvent]

[BILL OF RIGHTS] ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA 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. Francis Childs & John 
Swain Philadelphia [1793] First Edition.  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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