Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 237

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(PENNSYLVANIA.) A Brief Sketch of the Origin and Present State of the City of Philadelphia. 16mo, contemporary wrappers; minor marginal dampstaining; early owner's signature on title page. Philadelphia, 1805

Additional Details

Second (and final) edition of an essay originally appended to the 1804 Philadelphia directory. Includes a detailed enumeration of new buildings erected in the past three years. Sabin 61507. No copies known of either edition at auction since 1907; WorldCat lists only 3 copies.