Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 85

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
WITH BOTH MAPS (DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.) An early English printing of the Declaration, in the Universal Magazine. 2 folding maps, 17 plates, engraved collective title page. 378, [6] pages. 8vo, modern cloth; moderate foxing, tape repairs to maps; complete text of July through December issues plus index. London, July-December 1776

Additional Details

The Declaration of Independence appears on pages 90-92 of the August issue under "American Intelligence," signed in type by John Hancock. Maps include "An Accurate Map of the Present Seat of War" in the October issue (hand-colored), and "A Plan of the City and Environs of New York" in November. Other important war news is included.