Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 168

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(ENGLAND--1689.) Great News from Gravesend, being a True Account of . . . Irish Officers who Intended to Make their Escape for Ireland upon His Majesty the late King James's Landing. Letterpress broadside, 12 1/2 x 7 inches; edge wear, minor dampstaining and soiling. London: Alexander Milbourn, 24 March 1689

Additional Details

Relates to the arrival of the deposed King James II in Ireland, from whence he attempted to regain the throne in the Williamite War. Wing G1721.