Delaware | Contains the Delaware Constitution of 1792, the second governing document for the Delaware state government

Delaware

The Constitution of the State of Delaware. We, the People, hereby Ordain and Establish this Constitution of Government for the State of Delaware [caption title]. [Wilmington: Peter Brynberg and Samuel Andrews, 1793]

8vo (203 x 121 mm). Section title for the Laws of the State of Delaware; lower inside corner of B1 soiled, some marginal staining in quires L–M. Nineteenth-century marbled boards (rebacked), spine partially perished.

Extract from an edition of Laws of the State of Delaware, pages 3-91 only, containing the Delaware Constitution of 1792, the second governing document for the Delaware state government. The constitution was in effect from its adoption on 12 June 1792 until it was replaced by a new constitution on 2 December 1831.

PROVENANCE

Doyle New York 15 April, 2015, lot 4 — James C. Carter (Gift bookplate of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York) — Association of the Bar of the City of New York (stamps on caption title and section title)

REFERENCE:

ESTC W17884; Evans 25387