We The People Folio

This amazing folio was created to honor the Bicentenary of the Constitution, September 17, 1987, and contains reproductions of the most famous documents of early United States history, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, on sheepskin-parchment (vellum) and full rag paper (Grand Vellum de Rives) with Garmont, Times, and Cohin typography that was hand set on an 18th century hand press and a French Press by Francois Das Ros. Limited Edition colorful Triptych Lithograph, created by the American abstract expressionist painter Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) specifically for the folio. The signed and numbered Lithograph triptych were printed on stone by Atelier Clot Bramsen and Georges. Edition is signed by Reeves, Weiss, and Jenkins.

Title: We The People Author: Ann Reeves and Edouard Weiss Artist: Paul Jenkins Place: Paris Publisher: Reeves and Weiss Date: 1987 Alliance Française Chicago Provenance

Description: Atlas folio (22"x 30") Red leather by Atelier Bernard Duval. Limited Edition number 102/250, embossed in gold leaf and featuring two gold leaf brass medallions cast by the Fonderie Meunier. The Declaration of Independence, 1776, the Constitution of the United States, 1787, the Bill of Rights, 1791.

Contains: Facsimile of the Declaration of Independence on Vellum The Declaration of Independence, hand-set in Garamont type Draft of the Declaration of Independence / by Thomas Jefferson Facsimile of the Constitution of the United States of America on Vellum The Constitution of the United States of America, hand-set in Garamont type Washington's annotated copies of the Constitution of the United States of America Facsimile of the Bill of Rights on Vellum The Bill of Rights, hand-set in Garamont type

Several Hand Colored Plates among the Grand Vellum de Rives Full Rag Folio Leaves: American independence declared July 4th, 1776 Plan of the investment of York and Gloucester Fame : poem and woodcut Sacred to Liberty, Justice, and Peace The arms of the United States of America, and The reverse of the Great Seal of the United States of America A view of the State House at Philadelphia, and The delegates in conference at Philadelphia The pillars A display of the United States of America The Federal banqueting pavillion Banner of the Society of Pewterers Liberty America guided by Wisdom Sacred to Patriotism : with extracts from the writings of George Washington

Ready for Framing: An original triptych lithograph in color / by Paul Jenkins

WE THE PEOPLE. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1776. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 1787. THE BILL OF RIGHTS 1791. PARIS: FRANCOIS DA ROS FOR ANN REEVES AND EDOUARD WEISS, 1987 loose large folio sheets (each c. 720 x 525mm.; 29 x 21 inches), limited edition of 250 copies signed by artist and publishers (of which only a handful were actually produced), this an unbound copy reserved by the publishers, containing a facsimile of the constitution in triptych and a copy of the text of the constitution in quadriptych (printed in Garamont type), both on parchment, facsimile on parchment of the Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence printed in Garamond type, facsimile of the Bill of Rights on parchment, the text of the Bill of Rights on parchment, a multi-coloured triptych lithograph on stone by the artist Paul Jenkins, and other leaves from the edition as finally issued as follows: facsimile of etching God Save America, facsimile of Robert Scot engraving Plan of the Investment of York and Gloucester, guard sheet for the Constitution, facsimile of George Washington's annotated copy of the Constitution, copies of engravings of the State House in Philadelphia, the 1787 Conference, a further engraving by Amos Doolittle, a banner of the Society of Pewterers, table of contents, title page on parchment, copy of an early draft of the Independence with four smaller facsimile leaves mounted on larger sheet, facsimile of woodcut and poem A Bold Triumphal arch you see, facsimiles of the Jas Trenchard engraving Sacred to Liberty Justice and Peace, and the etchings The Arms of the United States and The Reverse of the Great Seal (on two sheets), triptych in the form of a pyramid for The Battle for Ratification of the Constitution (with facsimiles of 11 woodcuts which had appeared in The Massachusetts Centinel; two copies), facsimile of David Grim's watercolour The Banquet of the Federal Procession of New York, July 23rd 1788, title page for the Bill of Rights in Garamond type on Parchment, facsimile of Edward Savage's engraving Liberty, facsimile of Benjamin Tanner's engraving after Barralett American Guided by Wisdom, further triptych Sacred to Patriotism with offset reproduction plate by Cornelius Tiebout's plate (with second copy of reproduction present), title page on parchment for the Jenkins lithograph, and colophon leaf with reproduction of Benjamin Franklin drawing on verso, loose in red cloth portfolio

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