[KENTUCKY].  Laws of Kentucky.... To which is prefixed the Constitution of the United States, with the amendments. The act of separation from the state of Virginia. And the Constitution of Kentucky. Lexington, [KY]: John Bradford, 1799, 1807.  

2 volumes (of 3, lacking vol. 3, published in 1817), 8vo (201 x 114 mm). Vol. I: [3], vi-lxxvii [i.e., vi-lxxxvii], [2]-514 pp.; Vol. II: . [2] (1)-506 pp. (Some browning, spotting, or staining.) Contemporary calf, vol. II decorated in blind with brown morocco lettering-piece gilt (some minor staining or wear. covers to vol. II slightly bowed). Provenance: James Denney (ex dono inscription from his son Caleb S. Denny, lengthy pencil inscription); Strother M. Cook (bookplate, inscription).

FIRST EDITION, with the pagination of the preliminary material in Volume I as found in ESTC (McMurtrie records another variant). The preliminary material in Volume I comprises a printing of the United States Constitution, the Constitution of the state of Kentucky (first printed by Bradford in 1795), and the Act of Separation from the State of Virginia, through which Kentucky gained statehood in 1792.   RARE: American Book Prices Current records only one copy sold in the last 40 years, sold Doyle, 24 November 2014, lot 200. ESTC W14034; Evans 35683; Jillson p. 24; McMurtrie Kentucky 118, 298.


Property from the Estate of Mary Patricia Reynolds, Bowling Green, Kentucky

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