Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) The Remembrancer, or, Impartial Repository of Public Events. 3 maps; lacking portrait of Franklin in Volume IV. Volumes I-XIV (of XVII). 8vo, uniform contemporary calf, moderate wear, most lacking spine labels, a few boards coming loose; minor foxing. (JMR) London, 1775-82
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"Contains every authentic paper relative to the American Revolution [including newspaper articles], whether published in England or America, by the British Ministry or the American Congress"--Sabin 955. The Declaration of Independence appears in Volume IV, pages 25 to 42, in annotated form, with every statement analyzed and rebutted.
This set features what is believed to be the first edition of Volume I, which does not include the 3 maps added in later editions. This set does include the 3 maps found in Volume IV and V, depicting Rhode Island, New York, and Ticonderoga. Howes A182 ("b"); Jolly, Maps in British Periodicals II:REM.