Sep 15, 2011 - Sale 2253

Sale 2253 - Lot 152

Price Realized: $ 281
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
REPORT ON THE CAPTURE OF GIBRALTAR (ENGLAND--1704.) The Observator. 2 pages, 13 x 8 1/2 inches, on one sheet; disbound. London, 19 August 1704
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Consists mostly of a witty dialogue upon the 3 August capture of Gibraltar by the British navy, as depicted by a radical Whig weekly. The Observator dismisses Gibraltar's strategic importance, but three centuries later it remains British territory.