Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 43

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRINTS.) Habermann, François X.; engraver. Pair of vue d'optique prints of Boston. Hand-colored engravings, 12 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches to sight; moderate foxing, folds; captions in German and French; not examined outside of frames. Augsburg, Germany, circa 1770s

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Two stylized views of war-era Boston, depicting the old State House and King Street, respectively: Prospect des Plazes vor dem Rath Haus zu Boston / Vuë de la rue et de la Maison de Ville à Boston Prospect der König Strasse / Vuë de la Ruë du Roi. Cresswell 520, 521.