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1817466150Frankfurt, Andreä, 1817. XVIII, 845 S. Pappband d. Zeit mit Rotschnitt (beschabt, Ecken u. Kanten bestoßen). [2 Warenabbildungen]
184137248Providence 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 16-1/4" x 21." 4 pp. A persistent but light circular spot in the center of each page. Untrimmed a bit of crimping. Good.<br /> <br /> The "Proposed Constitution" adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring is adoption are printed along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights.<br /> The New Age a rare newspaper was an organ of the Rhode Island Suffrage Association allied with Thomas Dorr urging universal white male suffrage. unknown
184137252Providence 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 15-1/4" x 21-1/2." 4 pp. Old folds light foxing. Good.<br /> <br /> The "Proposed Constitution" adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring its adoption are printed along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights. Articles on national and local political affairs plus numerous advertisements are also printed. <br /> In 1843 Thomas Dorr was arrested at the offices of the Republican Herald for high treason. unknown
1884622541884. The Mexican Constitution in 1884 Mexico. Constitution. Coleccion que Comprende la Constitucion General de la Republica con sus Adiciones Reformas y Leyes Organicas Expedidas Hasta el 30 de Junio de 1884 y las Constituciones Especiales de Cada uno de los Estados de la Federacion. Mexico City: Imprenta del Gobierno en Palacio 1884. ii 451 2; ii 440 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Later cloth red and black lettering pieces to spine endpapers renewed. Some soiling light fading to spine light wear to edges of lettering pieces. Moderate toning to text light foxing in a few places. Ex-library. Location label to spine stamps to title page annotations to verso. A solid copy of a scarce title. $450. Only edition. Mexico's 1857 constitution remained in force until 1917. It received numerous amendments and additions until its repeal which is why annotated editions from different periods are helpful. Coleccion also includes state constitutions. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress LA County St. Louis University University of Michigan University of Minnesota. See Clagett and Valderrama A Revised Guide to the Law & Legal Literature of Mexico 10. unknown
1884622541884. The Mexican Constitution in 1884 Mexico. Constitution. Coleccion que Comprende la Constitucion General de la Republica con sus Adiciones Reformas y Leyes Organicas Expedidas Hasta el 30 de Junio de 1884 y las Constituciones Especiales de Cada uno de los Estados de la Federacion. Mexico City: Imprenta del Gobierno en Palacio 1884. ii 451 2; ii 440 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Later cloth red and black lettering pieces to spine endpapers renewed. Some soiling light fading to spine light wear to edges of lettering pieces. Moderate toning to text light foxing in a few places. Ex-library. Location label to spine stamps to title page annotations to verso. A solid copy of a scarce title. $450. Only edition. Mexico's 1857 constitution remained in force until 1917. It received numerous amendments and additions until its repeal which is why annotated editions from different periods are helpful. Coleccion also includes state constitutions. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress LA County St. Louis University University of Michigan University of Minnesota. See Clagett and Valderrama A Revised Guide to the Law & Legal Literature of Mexico 10. unknown books
184137248Providence 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 16-1/4" x 21." 4 pp. A persistent but light circular spot in the center of each page. Untrimmed a bit of crimping. Good.<br/><br/> The "Proposed Constitution" adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring is adoption are printed along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights.<br/> The New Age a rare newspaper was an organ of the Rhode Island Suffrage Association allied with Thomas Dorr urging universal white male suffrage. unknown books
184137252Providence 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 15-1/4" x 21-1/2." 4 pp. Old folds light foxing. Good.<br/><br/> The "Proposed Constitution" adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring its adoption are printed along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights. Articles on national and local political affairs plus numerous advertisements are also printed. <br/> In 1843 Thomas Dorr was arrested at the offices of the Republican Herald for high treason. unknown books
1850610707Braunschweig, Vieweg, 1850-57. XIII S., 1 Bl., 523 S.; VIII S., 1 Bl., 501 S.; X, 734 S. Marmorierte Pappbände d. Zeit mit grünem Rückenschild u. etwas Rückenvergoldung (berieben, Ecken bestoßen, Rückenbezug verblaßt). [2 Warenabbildungen]
180435986Philadelphia: Printed by William Duane 1804. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 158 pages. Disbound stitched wraps. Title page 1. Blank rear wrap. Remnants of a leather spine. Light toning and scattered brown spots to the contents. Some lower corner page corner creases. Good condition. <br /> <br /> Contents concern a resolution amending the United States Constitution regarding electors from the States. The language is is printed on pages 34 and 5. The debate on the amendment is recorded in this report. On pages 157 and 158 are the "yeas" and "nays" from the individual Senators and Representatives. The proposed amendment become the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The 12th amendment changed how the President and Vice President were elected in the United States. This amendment was in place when Thomas Jefferson was elected President and George Clinton was elected as Vice President. <br /> <br /> Printed on page 1 "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives on the United States of America in Congress assembled Two thirds of the Houses concurring That the following amendment to the constitution of the United States which when ratified by three fourths of the said legislatures shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of said constitution to Wit: That the third paragraph of the first person section of the second article of the constitution of the United States in the words following to wit: "The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for two persons of whom one at least shall be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves: And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for and of the number of votes for each which list they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed to the seat of Government of the United States directed to the President of the Senate."<br /> <br /> Sabin 20992. Printed by William Duane unknown
1806184040Philadelphia PA: Wm. Duane 1806. Hardcover. Good- front board nearly split yet firmly held; rattled. boards edge-worn & rubbed; moisture spotted. portion of spine top missing & chipped; tail rubbed torn at edge & flapped. pastedowns & endpapers tanned & foxed w/ pencil notations & names; front pastedown has paper remnants & dampstaining; back pastedown & endpaper has dampstaining to upper edges. pgs 264 to closing have tanned dampstaining to upper edge. leather boards w/ gilt ruled spine & maroon leather gilt printed title plate. 307 pgs. Narrow previous owner's name label to spine. Some instances of dampstaining to lower page edges. Page 166 has black ink spattering to lower text and page edge A few pages darkly tanned with higher concentrations of foxing. Instances of light to moderate foxing throughout; text dark. An uncommon 1806 edition. Wm. Duane hardcover
1806184040Philadelphia PA: Wm. Duane 1806. Hardcover. Good- front board nearly split yet firmly held; rattled. boards edge-worn & rubbed; moisture spotted. portion of spine top missing & chipped; tail rubbed torn at edge & flapped. pastedowns & endpapers tanned & foxed w/ pencil notations & names; front pastedown has paper remnants & dampstaining; back pastedown & endpaper has dampstaining to upper edges. pgs 264 to closing have tanned dampstaining to upper edge. leather boards w/ gilt ruled spine & maroon leather gilt printed title plate. 307 pgs. Narrow previous owner's name label to spine. Some instances of dampstaining to lower page edges. Page 166 has black ink spattering to lower text and page edge A few pages darkly tanned with higher concentrations of foxing. Instances of light to moderate foxing throughout; text dark. An uncommon 1806 edition. Wm. Duane hardcover books
186086432Tübingen, Laupp, 1860-69. Moderne Leder mit rotem Rückenschild u. beigebundenen Originalumschlägen. [3 Warenabbildungen]
18266783Buenos Aires: Imprenta del Estado 1826. First Edition — Primera edición. Softcover — Tapa blanda. 190x135mm. 7½x5¼". Buenos Aires Imprenta del Estado 24 de Diciembre de 1826. En 4º 190 x 135mm. 2 55 pp. Guardas de papel. Primera edición. Comienza con un Manifiesto del Congreso General Constituyente a los pueblos de la República Argentina. La Constitución de la República Argentina de 1826 estableció una forma de gobierno "representativa republicana consolidada en unidad de régimen adoptando oficialmente la religión Católica Apostólica Romana". Para la sanción de aquella constitución fueron consultadas las Provincias acerca de la forma de Estado: Salta y La Rioja se pronunciaron por el régimen unitario al igual que Tucumán pero curiosamente aclaró que querÃa conservar sus instituciones. Mendoza San Juan Santiago del Estero Tarija Entre RÃos Santa Fe y Córdoba se manifestaron por el sistema federal. San Luis Catamarca Corrientes y la Banda Oriental por lo que resolviese el Congreso en tanto que Buenos Aires y Misiones no opinaron. Primeras hojas ligeramente amarronadas. Imprenta del Estado paperback
1830121660Heidelberg, Mohr, 1830-37. XVI S., 1 Bl., 362 S.; XVI, 344 S., 1 Bl.; XVI, 431 S. Pappbände d. Zeit (berieben, Ecken u. Kanten bestoßen, 3 freie Vorsätze fehlen). [2 Warenabbildungen]
1848493464Frankfurt am Main, Sauerländer, 1848-49. Zusammen 6886 S. Neue einheitliche Ppbde.
187118311Bogotá: Imprenta i Estereotipia de Medardo Rívas 1871. 12mo. 45 pp. <br><br>The political pendulum swung to the liberals in 1863 and a new constitution was promulgated at Rionegro which was to last until 1886. It renamed the nation the United States of Colombia gave to the states all powers not reserved to the central government contained fully defined individual liberties and guarantees and guaranteed Colombians full religious freedom.<br>Â Â Â Â "Edicion oficial revisada por una comision de la Camara de Representantes compuesta de un miembro por cada estado."<br>Â Â Â Â Uncommon: we locate fewer than half a dozen copies in U.S. libraries. Late 19th- or early 20th-century quarter cloth with marbled paper sides. Ownership mark on rear free endpaper. A very good copy. Imprenta i Estereotipia de Medardo Rívas hardcover books
186318599Cali: Imprenta de Nicolas Hurtado 1863. 12mo. 50 pp. plus wrps. <br><br>The political pendulum swung to the liberals in 1863 and a new constitution was promulgated at Rionegro which was to last until 1886. It renamed the nation the United States of Colombia gave to the states all powers not reserved to the central government contained fully defined individual liberties and guarantees and guaranteed Colombians full religious freedom.<br>Â Â Â Â This states' printing occurred very shortly after the official Bogotá printing as seen by the ownership date of 11 August the document having been approved on 8 May! It is also very rare: We trace no copies via WorldCat and NUC. Further searches of the OPACs of the National Library of Colombia and of the universities of Cali and the Andes failed to locate a copy.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Ownership inscription of B. Núñez dated 11 Aug. 1863 on front wrappers; so too of Simon Arboleda 20th century undated and of J. R. Arboleda dated 29 Aug. 1900. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Palau. Original printer wrappers. Ownership inscriptions on front cover. Private ownership stamps on two pages. A very good copy. Imprenta de Nicolas Hurtado unknown books
1827374087Philadelphia: R. Desilver 1827. Typeset frontispiece within typographic border approx. 15x18-1/2 inches detached from the accompanying almanac. 67 1pp. 8vo. Disbound. Old folds tear to gutter. Typeset frontispiece within typographic border approx. 15x18-1/2 inches detached from the accompanying almanac. 67 1pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 27484; Drake 11567 R. Desilver unknown
1802106375<p>8vo period calf rebacked with leather 2 266 pp. Joints cracked rebacking crude some wear to covers paper slightly fragile front endpaper detached other front endpaper with piece missing ink name on front pastedown some darkening to contents; otherwise about very good. This is a rich volume of early American government. In addition to the United Sates Constitution and Declaration of Independence this volume also contains the constitutions of the original states and the ordinances for the government of the North West Territory. Printed under the title is the notation that "This edition contains the constitutions of Vermont Delaware Georgia and Kentucky with the regulations for the government of the territory north west of the river Ohio." This material was not in any other edition. </p> William Duane,
1802106375<p>8vo period calf rebacked with leather 2 266 pp. Joints cracked rebacking crude some wear to covers paper slightly fragile front endpaper detached other front endpaper with piece missing ink name on front pastedown some darkening to contents; otherwise about very good. This is a rich volume of early American government. In addition to the United Sates Constitution and Declaration of Independence this volume also contains the constitutions of the original states and the ordinances for the government of the North West Territory. Printed under the title is the notation that "This edition contains the constitutions of Vermont Delaware Georgia and Kentucky with the regulations for the government of the territory north west of the river Ohio." This material was not in any other edition. </p> William Duane, books
182212181Lisboa: Impresa Nacional 1822. Lisboa Imprensa Nacional 1822. En 8º mayor. 100 pp. Encuadernación en cartoné tejuelo de piel en el plano superior con letrerÃa dorada. Primera edición de la primera Constitución Portuguesa votada en Cortes extraordinarias y constituyentes el 23 de Septiembre de 1822 y aceptada por el rey D. João VI en octubre del mismo año. Considerada como un triunfo de los liberales contenÃa 240 artÃculos en su mayorÃa inspirados cuando no directamente copiados de la constitución española de 1812: cesión de soberanÃa al pueblo e independencia de los poderes legislativo ejecutivo y judicial. Esta es la Constitución que los Andradas y otros diputados brasileños se negaron a firmar. Bien acogida en un principio por los brasileños supuso al final el detonante de la independencia de Brasil. Varios dÃas antes de la publicación del "Suplemento" en Lisboa las Cortes declararon el gobierno brasileño subordinado a la constitución lo que fue rechazado por los representantes brasileños quienes comandados por Andradas declararon la independencia de Brasil en 1822. Inscripción en tinta en la portada ligeras manchas ocasionales papel ligeramente tostado. Impresa Nacional unknown
1820SP561Gales and Seaton 1820. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Washington 1820. 12mo iv 409 pp. Contemporary paper covered boards. Expanded to include 23 states including Alabama and North Carolina. The first edition published a year earlier included just 21 states. A good copy with fraying and chipping to paper at spine foxing to contents and contemporary ownership marks to endpapers. Contents complete. Please contact us for additional pictures or information. Seven copies in OCLC. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 3014. Gales and Seaton hardcover
1814FANarFRA8<p>Paris: M.Ponce & P.Didot L'Aîné 1814. 1814. 4to. large-paper copy. pp. 48. 9 plates engraved by Helman & N.Ponce after C.Monnet incl. 3 before letters. A fine copy bound in modern half morocco by Rivière & Son t.e.g. others uncut original wrs. bound in at end 2 leaves with small marginal stains. armorial bookplate of Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons Baronet. FINELY PRINTED AND ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE 'RESTORATION' CHARTER OF 1814 PROMULGATED UNDER LOUIS XVIII. INSERTED IN THIS COPY ARE THREE ADDITIONAL PLATES WITH FIGURES BEFORE LETTERS. COHEN-DE RICCI 228.</p> Paris: M.Ponce & P.Didot L'Aîné, 1814.
18471239761847. First Edition. CONSTITUTION PHILLIPS Wendell. Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery. Reprinted from the ""Anti-Slavery Standard"" With Additions. Boston: Andrews & Prentiss 1847. Octavo modern half calf gilt marbled boards; pp. 1-3 4-95 1. $1600.First edition in book form of Phillips' bold and influential antebellum work on the U.S. Constitution and the question of slavery revised and ""with additions"" to its serialization in the Anti-Slavery Standard.Controversy over slavery ""was the most important single influence on American constitutional development before the Civil War"" Wiecek Sources 15. Leaders in that controversy were William Lloyd Garrison Wendell Phillips and Lysander Spooner. As an anti-constitutionalist Phillips deemed ""Prophet of Liberty Champion of the Slave"" made his ""first public pronouncement that the Constitution should be abandoned"" when in 1842 he asserted the ""'spirit of liberty' is 'chained down in the iron links of the United States Constitution'"" and subsequently argued the Constitution was a ""'compromise' between freedom and slavery"" Knowles Securing the 'Blessings'"" 41. Phillips' 1844 work Constitution: A Pro-Slavery Compact prompted Spooner to author Unconstitutionality of Slavery First Part: 1845 Second Part: 1847 arguing it was instead slavery that was unconstitutional not the founding document. Phillips quickly countered with this Review.""Phillips insisted the only path to justice 'is over the Constitution trampling it under foot'. and raised pertinent questions about the processes of constitutionalism. Must a just person reject an imperfect constitution or even one that sanctioned and protected an evil like slavery to work effectively for constitutional reform and to abolish injustice Or was it possible to regard the constitution as an imperfect but amendable instrument the only thing available in the here and now of a heterogeneous secular society that can serve as a means of changing a society's goals and structuring"" Wiecek 246. To Phillips Spooner's approach essentially ""leaves every one to do 'what is right in his own eyes.'"" Spooner and Phillips also disagreed on remedies to immoral laws. ""Spooner did not consider an immoral contract binding"" and argued for example that judges rely instead on natural law for their decisions. Phillips felt that in such circumstances a judge should resign. In this Review Phillips also offers ""a new area in which antislavery and anarchy"" could be connected when he describes Spooner's ""antislavery constitutionalism as 'the first step toward anarchy'"" Perry Radical Abolitionism 165-66. First edition first printing. Serialized earlier the same year in the Anti-Slavery Standard the official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society which was co-founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappen. Sabin 62524. Dumond 93. Not in Blockson. Text fresh and about-fine. hardcover
182969246Kentucky 1829. UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION; BROADSIDE. BROADSIDE. Transportation of the Mail on the Sabbath. In the Senate of the United States. Kentucky: 1829.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. BROADSIDE. Transportation of the Mail on the Sabbath. In the Senate of the United States. Kentucky: January 19 1829.<br> <br> An important and interesting broadside supporting the separate of church in state in so as it applies to the delivery of mail on Sunday the Sabbath. Broadside folio 16 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches; 428 x 266 mm. With a caption title printed above three columns separated by rules. All within a decorative woodcut border. Mounted at the top edge within a portfolio mat. Some minor toning and a few small spots of dampstaining. A One and one half-inch closed tear at right-hand margin just touching the border. Overall very good.<br> <br> This is a significant document in the history of the United States Constitution in relation to the concept of the separation of church and state. Christian leaders demanded that the Government institution of the Postal Office not work on Sunday as their God had deemed this the Sabbath. The following document discusses that while many Christians observe the Sabbath on Sunday others including their Jewish neighbors observe the Sabbath on Saturday. Demanding that the government institution not work on Sunday for religious reasons goes directly against the Constitution. The report states "With these different religious views the committee are of opinion that congress cannot interfere.-It is not the legitimate province of the legislature to determine what religion is true or what false. Our government is a civil and not a religious institution. Our constitution recognizes in every person the right to choose his own religion and to enjoy it freely without molestation. Whatever may be the religious sentiments of citizens and however variant they are alike entitled to protection from the government so long as they do not invade the rights of others." It goes on to powerfully state "Extensive religious combinations to effect a political object are in the opinion of the committee always dangerous. This first effort of the kind calls for the establishment of a principle which in the opinion of the committee would lay the foundation for dangerous innovations upon the spirit of the Constitution and upon the religious rights of the citizens. If admitted it may be justly apprehended that the future measures of government will be strongly marked if not eventually controlled by the same influence. All religious despotism commences by combination and influence; and when that influence begins to operate upon the political institutions of a country the civil power soon bends under it and the catastrophe of other nations furnishes an awful warning of the consequence."<br> <br> The five-person committee for this report consisted of Richard Johnson of Kentucky who later went on to serve as the country's 9th vice president under Martin Van Buren as well as future President John Tyler of Virgina Ellis of Mississippi Silsbee of Massachusetts and Johnson of Louisiana.<br> <br> "The opening of post offices on Sunday led to a national debate about the relationship of the federal government to the Sabbath day. The argument which raged from 1810 to 1830 involved whether the national government would exist as a secular commercial republic committed to a separation of church and state or as a Christian commonwealth. The U.S. postmaster general Gideon Granger responded by persuading Congress in 1810 to pass legislation to open all 2300 post offices seven days a week and transport mail every day. Congress immediately began to receive petitions from numerous religious denominations urging repeal of the law. Under strong public pressure House and Senate committees formed to study the postal law. While the chair of the House committee waffled on the subject the head of the Senate committee swayed Congress to keep the law. Gen. Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky a devout Baptist wrote in the committee's 1829 report that congressional action to stop Sunday mail would be unconstitutional. Johnson reminded Americans that they had religious freedom and that government had no right to coerce the religious homage of anyone. The invention of the telegraph in 1844 ultimately spelled the end of Sunday mail. It was now possible to get market information without the mail system. By the 1850s postmaster generals were eliminating the movement of most mail on Sunday." Free Speech Center Caryn E. Neumann.<br> <br> HBS 69246.<br> <br> $1750. Kentucky unknown