- 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.
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.