First edition, the hardbound variant. An analysis by a rare book expert of the 21 extant copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, printed by the Philadelphia printer John Dunlap on July 4th and the morning of July 5th, 1776. With descriptions and facsimiles of all 21 copies. Ex library from the Pierpont Morgan library with their withdrawn stamp. Frontispiece; ii , 61, 3 pages. boards, paper cover label, slipcase.. large 4to..