(DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE) The Annual Register or a View

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(DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.) The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics and Literature, for the Year 1776. iv, 192, 113-270, [2], 259, [9] pages. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 calf, minor wear, tastefully rebacked in period style; rehinged; pencil ownership inscription on front pastedown. London: J. Dodsley, 1777

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The Declaration appears on pages 261-264, under the heading "Reasons assigned by the Continental Congress, for the North-American Colonies and Provinces withdrawing their Allegiance to the King of Great-Britain." This is often cited as the first British printing of the Declaration of Independence in book form. It is followed by the Articles of Confederation. Sabin 1614.