1848 The Principles of American Civil Government & State of Vermont

Young, Andrew W. The Principles of Civil Government familiarly illustrated; including a comprehensive View of the Government of the State of Vermont, and an Abstract of the Laws, showing the Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities of Citizens in the Civil and Domestic Relations; with an Outline of the Government of the United States : adapted to the capacities of Children and Youth, and Designed for the Use of Families and Schools. Syracuse, N. Y.: Stoddard & Babcock, 1848. First Edition. [11580] Black leather spine with black cloth boards, edge-worn; 287 pages, light foxing, tight. Good. Hardcover. The first edition of this format, with the Preface date of October, 1848. "Printed and stereotyped by Barns & Smith" on the copyright page. "Notwithstanding the number and variety of class books that have sought and gained admittance into our public schools, the study of our civil polity has not yet been encumbered with treatises on this most important science...it is remarkable that t