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We the people : the Declaration of Independence, 1776, the Constitution of the United States, 1787, the Bill of Rights, 1791.

Title
We the people : the Declaration of Independence, 1776, the Constitution of the United States, 1787, the Bill of Rights, 1791.
Publication
Paris : Ann Reeves and Edouard Weiss, 1987.

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TextRestricted use Rare Books+++ 21-806Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Da Ros, François
  • Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012
  • Reeves, Ann
  • United States.
  • Imprimerie Clot, Bramsen et Georges, printer.
  • Atelier Duval, binder.
  • Fonderie Meunier, contributor.
  • Warner Communications Inc., donor.
Description
[30] sheets (some folded) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, 1 color plan; 73 cm
Alternative Title
We the people 1787
Subject
  • United States
  • Constitution (United States)
  • Declaration of Independence (United States)
  • Constitutional history > United States > Sources
  • Constitutional history
Genre/Form
Sources.
Note
  • Publication information from colophon.
  • "The edition is limited to 250 numbered and signed copies from 1/250 to 250/250. In addition there will be a few copies reserved for the artist, museums and workshops marked A.P. (Artist Proof). The folio has been printed on sheepskin-parchment and full rag paper "Grand Vélin de Rives". The typography has been entirely hand-set and printed in Garamont, Cochin and Times type on an 19th century hand press and on a Frankenthal press by François Da Ros. The numbered and signed, original triptych-lithograph in color by Paul Jenkins was printed on stone by the Atelier Clot Bramsen and Georges. The leather binding, embossed in gold leaf was hand bound in the Atelier Bernard Duval. The bronze medallions were cast by the Fonderie Meunier. Four of the engravings have been hand colored. -- colophon.
Binding (note)
  • Laid in a red cloth over boards folder that is laid in a red calfskin clamshell box; spine and cover embossed in gold and decorated with brass bars and medallions.
Contents
Facsimile of the Declaration of Independence -- The Declaration of Independence, hand-set in Garamont type -- Draft of the Declaration of Independence / by Thomas Jefferson -- American independence declared July 4th, 1776 -- Plan of the investment of York and Gloucester -- Fame : poem and woodcut -- Sacred to Liberty, Justice, and Peace -- The arms of the United States of America, and The reverse of the Great Seal of the United States of America -- Facsimile of the Constitution of the United States of America -- The Constitution of the United States of America, hand-set in Garamont type -- Washington's annotated copies of the Constitution of the United States of America -- A view of the State House at Philadelphia, and The delegates in conference at Philadelphia -- The pillars -- A display of the United States of America -- The Federal banqueting pavillion -- Banner of the Society of Pewterers -- Facsimile of the Bill of Rights -- The Bill of Rights, hand-set in Garamont type -- Liberty -- America guided by Wisdom -- Sacred to Patriotism : with extracts from the writings of George Washington -- An original triptych lithograph in color / by Paul Jenkins.
Call Number
Rare Books+++ 21-806
LCCN
88195953
OCLC
19555772
Title
We the people : the Declaration of Independence, 1776, the Constitution of the United States, 1787, the Bill of Rights, 1791.
Imprint
Paris : Ann Reeves and Edouard Weiss, 1987.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Binding
Laid in a red cloth over boards folder that is laid in a red calfskin clamshell box; spine and cover embossed in gold and decorated with brass bars and medallions. NN
Local Note
Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-806 is no. 15 of 20 copies.
Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-806 signed by Paul Jenkins, artist; and Ann Reeves, and Edouard Weiss, publishers.
Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-806 includes desciptive guide book.
"This copy has been especially printed for The New York Public Library in honor of the Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States of America and to celebrate the Bicentennial of the April 30, 1789 Presidential Inauguration of George Washington. The presentation o this copy to the Library was made possible by the generosity of Warner Communications. -- presentation sheet, Rare Books+++ 21-806.
Added Author
Da Ros, François, printer.
Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012, artist.
Reeves, Ann, publisher.
United States.
Imprimerie Clot, Bramsen et Georges, printer.
Atelier Duval, binder.
Fonderie Meunier, contributor.
Warner Communications Inc., donor.
Other Title
We the people 1787
Research Call Number
Rare Books+++ 21-806
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