Constitutions des treize États-Unis de l'Amérique

Constitutions des treize États-Unis de l'Amérique

Constitutions of the several independent states of America

A Philadelphie, [i.e. Paris?] ; Se trouve à Paris Chez Ph.-D. Pierres ..., Pissot, pere & fils, libraires ..., 1783

French
English

[4], 540 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

L2008F25 1783

(OCoLC)56671806

Title vignette with the great seal of the United States (adopted in 1782, the earliest publication of it in a book)
Imprint on colophon: "De l'Imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres, imprimeur ordinaire du roi."
A translation of: The constitutions of the several independent states of America, by Duc Louis Alexandre de la Rochefoucauld-d'Enville
Revised by Benjamin Franklin (with explanatory footnotes), who negotiated the publication of this translation
Includes constitutions of the original 13 states of the newly created United States, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and agreements of trade and friendship with France, the Netherlands, and Sweden
Signatures: pi2 A-2K8 2L6
Issued in quarto and octavo formats. The larger, issued in 100 copies, was intended for sovereigns; the smaller, in 500 copies for foreign ministers
Digitized image available [title page].

Evans 18265
ESTC W42083

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