THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AS ALTERED AND AMENDED BY THE CONVENTION FOR THAT PURPOSE FREELY CHOSEN AND ASSEMBLED, AND BY THEM PROPOSED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, 1790. [2[, 28, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title. Light perforation stamp on title page. Untrimmed and generously margined, with the half title tattered at the blank margin. Some lower margin blotching, title and half title tanned, text clean. Bound in later institutional card boards. About Good+.
This Constitution replaced that of 1776, abolishing the unicameral legislature and creating a bicameral one; enhancing the powers of its judiciary; and strengthening the office of Governor. It is Pennsylvania's first Constitution as a State under the Federal Constitution. It is one of two issues, the other with 29 pages and recorded at Evans 22759; printing priority is unknown.
Evans 22760. NAIP w030513 [10]. Item #23571
Price: $500.00