Constitutions des treize États-Unis de l'Amérique

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Corporate Authors: United States. Continental Congress, United States
Other Authors: La Rochefoucauld-d'Enville, Louis-Alexandre, duc de, 1743-1792, Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Format: Book
Language:French
Published: A Philadelphia et se trouve a Paris, P. D. Pierres, imprimeur [etc.] 1783
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Item Description:A translation of "The constitutions of the several independent states of America: the Declaration of independence: the Articles of confederation" etc., a collection prepared by a committee of three under a resolution, December 1780, of the Continental Congress, first published, Philadelphia, 1781
The publication of this translation (made by Louis Alexandre, duc de La Rochefoucauld) was negotiated by Benjamin Franklin. (cf. Sparks' edition of Franklin's works, 1840, vol. IX, p. 503, 508, 523) It has no connection with Regnier's "Recueil des lois constitutives des colonies angloises à Philadelphie, Paris, 1778."
Title vignette: first instance of the seal of the U.S
600 copies printed (100 on large paper). Howes C 716
Physical Description:[6], [3]-540 p. 20 cm