Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 193

Price Realized: $ 300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(HAITI.) Supplement to the Aurora. Letterpress broadside extra, 19 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches; minor dampstaining and edge wear, not affecting Haiti text. [Philadelphia, circa 18 January 1800]

Additional Details

Most of this extra is devoted to a November 1799 proclamation by Toussaint Louverture, leader of the Haitian Revolution, denouncing his rival general André Rigaud.