The Laws of the United States of America.

Item Number: 142233

Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, 1796.

First edition of the scarce Folwell printing of the collected laws of the United States, containing the treaties and acts from the first four Congresses. Evans 32973; Reese Federal Hundred 63. Octavo, three volumes bound in full contemporary calf with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, “Town of Newburyport” stamp to the front panel of each volume. Provenance: Town of Newburyport with “For the Town of Newburyport – 1798” inscribed on the front pastedown of each volume, early relevant marginalia. In very good condition. Rare and desirable with interesting early New England provenance.

Printed in three volumes, the scarce first Richard Folwell editions of The Laws of the United States of America contain the texts of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Treaty of Paris, and all the Congressional acts passed by the first through fourth Congresses with an extensive index in the third volume containing in itself a complete Digest of all the Laws of the United States.