Oct 10, 2013 - Sale 2324

Sale 2324 - Lot 85

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CHILDREN'S BOOKS.) The New-England Primer Improved. Wood-engraved illustrations. [39] of 40 leaves. 32mo, original boards, moderate wear; lacking leaf A8, early leaves worn, with substantial loss to frontispiece portrait. In modern 1/4 morocco slipcase. Boston: N. Coverly, 1779
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The frontispiece portrait is titled "An American Patriot," and is signed in the plate by "S.C., felit." The subject and artist have not been identified. Bristol B4915; Heartman 1934, 63. The only known copies are at the American Antiquarian Society, per ESTC.