Laws of the State of Illinois By the Eleventh General Assembly, at Their Session Began and Held at Vandalia, on the Third of December,one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Eight; published in pursuance of the Law

Vandalia, Illinois: William Walters, Public Printer, 1839. 8vo. Good. Item #016730

317p. [1] xv. Expanded from earlier issue with an index. Checklist American Imprints 56463; Byrd, C.K., Illinois, 459. Lincoln was a leader among the Big Nine (named since they all were unusually tall legislators) in moving the decaying capitol at Vandalia to Springfield shortly after publication. Boards tied together with metal wire, foxing but a significant early Illinois legal imprint.

Price: $250.00

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