Documents of the Constitution of England and America, From Magna..
1854
by Bowen, Francis
1854. Bowen, Francis [1811-1890], Editor. Documents of the Constitution of England and America, from Magna Charta to the Federal Constitution of 1789. Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1854. vii, [1], 142 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to front, spine reinforced with cloth tape. Rubbing to extremities with wear to corners, some toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Location number to spine, stamps to edges, preliminaries and endleaves, card pocket to rear pastedown. $75. * An anthology of texts from the national Constitution, along with individual state constitutions. Bowen was a philosopher, a professor at Harvard and the owner and editor of the North American Review. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2741. (Inventory #: 57569)