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[CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS]. UNITED STATES SENATE. Journal of the First Session of the Senate of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York, March 4th 1789. New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1789.
2o (314 x 195 mm). (Two thumbprints on title margin, spotting in gatherings P and Q.) Contemporary sheep, covers outlined with a small scalloped roll, later green morocco spine label (rebacked, rubbed at extremities). Provenance: George Lytle Beam (late 19th century bookplate).
FIRST OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE U.S. SENATE, containing a number of important enactments including the official tally of electoral votes in the first presidential election, President Washington's opening address to the newly convened Senate, the Judiciary Bill, the Treasury Bill and (at pp.163-164, following a blank page) the 12 "proposed amendments" to the Constitution, 10 of which, when ratified by the states, came to constitute the Bill of Rights. This constitutes one of the earliest printed versions of this historic set of amendments. Evans 22207; Grolier American 100, 20; Sabin 15551. VERY RARE.
2o (314 x 195 mm). (Two thumbprints on title margin, spotting in gatherings P and Q.) Contemporary sheep, covers outlined with a small scalloped roll, later green morocco spine label (rebacked, rubbed at extremities). Provenance: George Lytle Beam (late 19th century bookplate).
FIRST OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE U.S. SENATE, containing a number of important enactments including the official tally of electoral votes in the first presidential election, President Washington's opening address to the newly convened Senate, the Judiciary Bill, the Treasury Bill and (at pp.163-164, following a blank page) the 12 "proposed amendments" to the Constitution, 10 of which, when ratified by the states, came to constitute the Bill of Rights. This constitutes one of the earliest printed versions of this historic set of amendments. Evans 22207; Grolier American 100, 20; Sabin 15551. VERY RARE.