The Laws of The United States of America. In Three Volumes. Published by Authority. [Vol. I & II Only]

Philadelphia: Richard Folwell, 1796. First Edition. Two octavos, 7-494, [1] p.; 576 pages, bound in full leather with gilt lettered red spine labels. The Laws of the United States of America is an important early American legal and governmental publication, comprising the first authorized collected printing of the laws enacted by the federal government in the earliest years of the republic. Compiled by Zephaniah Swift and printed in Philadelphia by Richard Folwell in 1796, the work gathers the statutes passed by Congress beginning in 1789 and stands among the foundational printed records of the new United States. Issued “Published by Authority,” it is significant not only as an early law book but also as a key document of constitutional, political, and legal history, preserving the legislative framework of the Washington and Adams administrations. Even as an incomplete two-volume portion of the original three-volume set, it remains a desirable and historically meaningful survival of late eighteenth-century American printing and early federal law. Volume one lacks the leaves between the title page and page 7. Some rubbing and wear, corners bumped, some discoloration and foxing, else in good + condition. Item #232

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