RARE EARLY PRINTING OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ALONGSIDE AMERICA'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTS AND THE 13TH & 14TH AMENDMENTS. 

The Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, the Proclamation of Emancipation, Complete in One Volume. Boston: B.B. Russell and Company, 1866. 3 x 4 7/8 in., 48 pages. Original illustrated boards. 

WITH: Declaration of Independence, July 4 1776. Philadelphia: W.L. Germon, 

A rare printing of the Emancipation Proclamation published immediately after the war. 

The printer unequivocally places the Emancipation Proclamation on the same level as the founding documents of the United States: the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

Notably, the publication includes the newly ratified 13th Amendment abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude, as well as the proposed 14th Amendment, which would not be adopted until 9 July 1868. 

A second edition, also rare (OCLC locates only 7 copies), includes Washington's Farewell Address in addition to the other 3 documents. 

VERY RARE. Only one copy has sold at auction, in 1914. OCLC locates only 2 copies, held at the American Antiquarian Society and Harvard University, Monroe C. Gutman Library Special Collections. 

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