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Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de l’Amérique (Constitutions of the Thirteen United States of America)

Printed in Paris by Philippe Denis Pierres French
 Purveyor Pissot Père & Fils French

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This volume, compiled under the direction of Benjamin Franklin, contains the constitutions of the thirteen original American states and the Declaration of Independence translated into French. He ordered more than a hundred copies because he felt that "the extravagant misrepresentations of our Political State, in foreign Countries, made it appear necessary to give them better Information." This particular copy was presented to Louis XVI.

Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de l’Amérique (Constitutions of the Thirteen United States of America), Printed in Paris by Philippe Denis Pierres ; available at Pierres and, Red and green gold-tooled morocco leather, gilt, blue paper endleaves

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Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de l’Amérique (Constitutions of the Thirteen United States of America), Printed in Paris by Philippe Denis Pierres ; available at Pierres and, Red and green gold-tooled morocco leather, gilt, blue paper endleaves
Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de l’Amérique (Constitutions of the Thirteen United States of America), Printed in Paris by Philippe Denis Pierres ; available at Pierres and, Red and green gold-tooled morocco leather, gilt, blue paper endleaves
Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de l’Amérique (Constitutions of the Thirteen United States of America), Printed in Paris by Philippe Denis Pierres ; available at Pierres and, Red and green gold-tooled morocco leather, gilt, blue paper endleaves

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