Contemporary plain wrappers [spine shorn, front wrapper detached and chipped], stitched, untrimmed, top edge uncut. 46, [2 blanks] pp, as issued. [bound with] supplementary pages 47-70, [2 blanks], consisting of 1801 ordinances. A complete 1800 imprint, supplemented with Ordinances issued and bound in the following year. Expertly repaired closed tear [no loss] at last text leaf. Good+ or better. To the 1800 printing, pages 47-70-- containing 1801 supplements-- were added. The supplements were unpublished as a separate imprint; they were added to some of the copies of the 46-page printing, with pagination continuous. The Ordinances divide the City into wards, arrange for supplying it with water, regulate the Second Street market, appropriate funds for running the City, and provide for other matters. Evans and Shipton note both the 46-page printing and ours with the supplementary ordinances. The title page of each is identical. Evans 38242, 38243. ESTC W42219 [5- Columbia, Huntington, Harvard, LCP, U IL]. Not at AAS online site. Seller Inventory # 29320

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Title: THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, ...

Publisher: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1800

Binding: Soft cover

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