Lot 765
  • 765

California. Constitution

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

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Constitution of the State of California. San Francisco: Printed at the office of the Alta California, 1849



8vo (9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.; 248 x 158 mm); title lightly browned and spotted, some spotting in the text. Stitched as issued, in a red half-morocco slipcase, gilt-stamped title on spine.

Provenance

H. L. Dodge (manuscript ex-libris on title dated 1850)

Literature

Cowan, p. 140; Graff 539; Sabin 9998; Wagner, California Imprints, 37

Catalogue Note

First printing of the California Constitution.

Another copy, this also with the 3-page "Address to the People of California."

This copy belonged to the prominent San Franciscan H. L. Dodge, who was later a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.