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Constitutional Law: Comprising the Declaration of Independence...

      1819 [United States]. Constitutional Law: Comprising the Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation; The Constitution of the United States; And the Constitutions of the Several States Composing the Union, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois. Washington City: Printed and Published by Gales and Seaton, 1819. 12mo. (4" x 6-3/4"). [iv], 360 pp. Contemporary calf, worn at extremities; slight marginal loss to title page and leaf 2-b, foxing; early owner's inscription on title page. Errata slip pasted to final page. A handsome copy of a scarce title. * First edition. With an appendix containing federal and state amendments enacted between 1808 and 1816. This book is the first compilation of its kind since the ratification of the United States Constitution. Later editions were published in 1820, 1822 and 1823. OCLC locates 16 copies, 3 in law libraries (William and Mary, Duke and the NY State Appellate Division Law Library). Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 3013.