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[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE]. First Printing of the Declaration of Independence Outside of the United States [In: The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1776]. London: J. Dodsley, 1777. 8vo (205 x 130 mm). Contemporary full brown calf, spine ruled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands (binding heavily worn, front cover detached yet present, ffep loose, rear hinge cracked, binding broken in half, p. 259 loose but present, pp. 261-270 loose but present, text toned, occasional soiling, foxing). FIRST EDITION. The Declaration of Independence is on pp. 261-264. In addition, the nascent United States’ Articles of Confederation appear on pp. 264-270.