Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by R. Aitken, 1777. Volume I only (of an eventual 13). 8vo. (ii), 310 pp.; lacking the six-leaf index at rear; with original front and rear blank. Modern quarter blue cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, matching marbled spine label, stamped in gilt, boards and extremities rubbed; endpapers renewed; all edges trimmed; gutter at title-page starting, same at Y1; text leaves lightly toned; scattered soiling and spotting to text; contemporary ink annotations on pp. 36-38, 197, and contemporary manicules on pp. 216, 217, 221, 232, and 238. Evans 15683; Hildeburn 3576; Sabin 15545; Reese, Revolutionary Hundred 48

Scarce first collected printing of the early sessions of the Continental Congress, printing all the proceedings of the first Congress, and part of the second. First published as separate volumes in 1774 and 1776, this is the first volume of an eventual 13, published by Aitken, as well as John Dunlap, and David Claypoole, culminating with the United States Constitution, in 1788. A vital document relating to the early days of the American Revolution.