[U.S. Constitution] The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle. Volume LVII. For the Year MDCCLXXXVII. Part the First. [January-June]. [with] Part the Second. [July-December]. [Two Volumes] Urban, Sylvanus

iv, 551, [1], [14]; [2], [553]- 1200, [16] pp. Illus. with 27 b/w plates, 5 of which are folding. 8vo. The first printing of the United States Constitution in a British Periodical, appearing in the November and December issues. The November issue prints Washngton's letter along with the first article, and the December issue contains the second through the seventh articles along with the names of the delegates. Complete set of 12 issues with supplement. Other items related to the U.S. including "An Act for establishing religious freedom passed in the Assembly of Virginia", "Morals of Chess" by Ben Franklin, and the Pennsylvania Society's "promoting the abolition of slavery". Plates include: Vol. I: Obelisk at Moreton, Dorset, in memory of James Frampton. An ancient Brass Sun-dial, answering the purpose of a Quadrant. Portrait of Frederick IV, King of Prussia. Figures: (1) Date (1509) on an ancient Cabinet, (2) A Machine for raising water by wind, (3) Inscription on a chimney-piece at Norwich, (4) A Sixpenny Piece of George III, coined 1787, (5) Gold Ring, inscribed. Roman Pavements, Parts of a Vase or Urn, An Ivory Pin, and Roman Coin of Claudius - all found near Warminster, Wiltshire. Figures: (1) View of a Rock, and Church at Roche, Cornwall, (2,3) Copper Celt, at Hay, Brecon, (4) A Stone Coffin in the Cathedral of Canterbury, Kent, (5) A Leaden Seal, found in the grave of Archbishop Wittesley, inscribed. Ancient Sarcophagus of the Scipio Family, discovered near Rome in 1780. Figures: (1-9) Spear-head, Beads, &c., found in a Barrow at Oddington, Gloucestershire, (10) Ancient rude Coin found in Ireland. Three Views of the Cave at Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight. Plan of the Church, Lavenham, Suffolk. Tomb of Gundred, daughter to William the Conqueror, and Wife of William Earl of Warren, in the church of St. John's, Southover, at Lewes, in Sussex. Two sketches of the interior of the Cathedral of Hereford after the fall of the Tower in 1786. Elevation of the Lying-in-Hospital, Dublin. Figures: (1-3) Three seals of Sir Walter Raleigh, (4) A Wooden Seal, a Castle, (5) A Ring, ornamented with the Crucifixion, which belonged to the Prior of Rochester, (6) A Seal, formerly used by the Measurer of Cloth in Wiltshire, (7) A Brass Seal, inscribed, (8) A Coin, (9) The Guinea Coin of George III, struck in 1787, (10) Sheild of Arms of Lady Elizabeth, wife of Sir Maurice Barkley. Portrait of Sir Paul Pindar, British Ambassador to the Porte in 1611. Vol. II: View of the Church, Hawkherst, Kent. Figures: (1) Roman Votive Stone, (2) Urn, near Aldborough, York, (3) Roman Coin of Bespasian, (4) Circular Brass Plate, the Umbo of a Shield, (5) An Alabaster Carving, supposed to have been a candlestick, (6) Font in the Church, Hendon, Middlesex. View of the Church, Kenilworth, Warwickshire; Plan of an ancient Camp at Knaptoft, in Leicestershire; Another Plan. Portrait of a learned Youth at Oxford, supposed to be Milton. Monumental Inscription for William de Rothwell, Archdeacon of Essex 1351, in the Church Rothwell, Northamptonshire. Figures: (1) View of Trinity Church, Sheffield, Yorkshire, (2) Monument for Nicholas Corsellis, ob. 1674, in the Church, Layer Marney, in Essex, (3) Seal of Hugh, Abbot of Tironnel, in Normandy, (4) Ancient Water Mark on Foolscap Paper, (5) Ancient Spur at Mount Sorrel, Leicestershire. Ancient Painting on Glass. Figures: (1) Elevation of the Parliament House, Dublin, (2) Elevation of the Post Office, Dublin, (3) A New Church, near Monkstown and Dublin, (4) Seal of Simon de Apulia, Bishop of Exeter, A.D. 1206. View of the Chapel, Aconbury, Herefordshire. Figures (1) Facsimile of a Manuscript in Uncial Characters at Cambridge, (2) Ditto, of an Alexandrian Manuscript, (3) Brass Monument Plate for Robert Wyvil, Bishop of Salisbury, ob. 1375, in the Cathedral, Salisbury, Wilts, (4) Iconography of the Castle of Sherborne, Dorset, (5,6) Busts at Downton, Wiltshire, supposed to be King John and his Queen, (7) Inscription on a