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LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Passed by the Fifteenth General Assembly, at Their Session begun and held in the City of Springfield, December 7, 1846 [with] LAWS...ILLINOIS, Passed...First Session of the Sixteenth General Assembly...January 1, 1849.
by State of Illinois
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Springfield, IL: Lanphier & Walker, 1853. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Early reprint edition. Octavo (8vo). 15th Session: 182 pages of text, xii pages of index. 16th Session: 240 pages of text, [ii], xxii pages of index; also printed in 1853 with no mention of reprinting. Original paper-covered boards, rebacked in ordinary library cloth with minor evidence of label removal at bottom of spine. Institutional bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, stamp to bottom and top of closed page edges, and evidence of pocket removal on rear paste-down endpaper. "Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the abstracts of the certificates for provisions and materials, as per certificates of John B. Weber, in the Nauvoo expedition, under Governor Ford..." Contains the "Constitution of the State of Illinois, adopted by the Convention August 31, 1847, Ratified by Vote of the People March 6, 1848, and in Force from an After April 1, 1848" printed in 1853 by the same printer as the original. Mormon. Americana..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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- 008240
- Title
- LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Passed by the Fifteenth General Assembly, at Their Session begun and held in the City of Springfield, December 7, 1846 [with] LAWS...ILLINOIS, Passed...First Session of the Sixteenth General Assembly...January 1, 1849.
- Author
- State of Illinois
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Edition
- Early reprint edition
- Publisher
- Lanphier & Walker
- Place of Publication
- Springfield, IL
- Date Published
- 1853
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
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Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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