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[PENNSYLVANIA]. The Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania... and an Appendix, Containing the Laws now in Force, passed between the 30th day of September 1775, and the Revolution. Edited by Thomas McKean (1734–1817). Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1782.
Chancery folio (302 x 191 mm). Contemporary sheep, covers framed with a single line of scroll work in blind, raised bands (some splitting to front joint, chipping at foot). Provenance: George Dawson Coleman (1825–1878), armorial bookplate of a Pennsylvania Representative from 1862–63 and Pennsylvania State Senator from 1867–69; Robert Coleman (signature on title–page).
FIRST EDITION of the first collection of Pennsylvania laws to be published following the American Revolution. Includes printings of the Declaration of Independence, the Pennsylvania constitution, and the Articles of Confederation. Evans 17656; Hildeburn 4179; Sabin 59821.