40 BAUMAN RARE BOOKS “A Book Of The Greatest Rarity”: Extraordinarily Rare First Issue Of The First Full Account Of The First Continental Congress, The 1774 Journal Of The Proceedings Of The Congress First edition, first issue, of the first official journal of the Continental Congress, one of the earliest publications of the American government, “a book of the greatest rarity.” Also presenting for the first time an attempt to design a seal to “represent emblematically a united nation” in America. An excellent copy in contemporary calf. In response to the 1774 Coercive or Intolerable Acts, the colonies united together and sent delegates to the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia from September 5 through October 26, 1774. Their objective was to compose a statement of colonial rights, identify the British government’s violation of those rights, and 52(CONTINENTAL CONGRESS). Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774. Philadelphia, 1774. Octavo, contemporary full brown calf rebacked, custom box. $65,000 AMERICANA
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