May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -
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Sale 2706 - Lot 328

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(WRITING SHEETS.) Group of 8 eighteenth-and-early-nineteenth-century engraved British writing blanks. Vp, vd
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- Carington Bowles. The Ceremony of Proclaiming Peace in London, 6th of Oct'r 1783. Watermarked laid paper, 17¼x14 inches sheet size; a poem "The Soldier" centrally written in ink by John Green, 1800; small losses and repairs. London, 1783. Rare American Revolution broadside - one other traced at auction (here at Swann) with that example now placed at the American Revolution Institute.

- R. Carpenter. [Religion]. Watermarked laid paper, 19x15 inches sheet size; unused; old folds and wear. London, 1793.

- Laurie & Whittle. Harlequin and Mother Goose: or the Golden Egg. "JWhatman/1805" watermarked laid paper, 17¾x14¼ inches sheet size; unused; small edge chips. London, 1807.

- Laurie & Whittle. Thomson's Season &c. "JWhatman/1810" watermarked laid paper, 18x14½ inches sheet size; hand-colored; unused; small stain and repairs. London, 1810.

- Laurie & Whittle. Elizabeth; or, the Exiles of Siberia. A Tale Founded Upon Facts. "JWhatman/1810" watermarked laid paper, 18x14½ inches sheet size; hand-colored; unused; small repairs. London, 1810.

- G. Thompson. The Royal Jubilee. Wove paper, 19x14½ inches sheet size, mounted to a slightly larger sheet of later stock; poetic verse on British pride in ink manuscript by John Hollinshed, midsummer, 1809; various tears and creases. London, 1809.

- Langley & Belch. The Oeconomy of Human Life. "Golding & Snelgrove/1807" watermarked laid paper, 18¼x14 inches sheet size; hand-colored; short verse contemplating the value of time in ink manuscript by Allen Hollinshed, Christmas, 1814; creases, stains, and repairs. London, circa 1810.

- Langley & Belch. Bartholomew Fair. "1806" watermarked laid paper, 18½x14½ inches sheet size; hand-colored; short verse on living honorably in ink manuscript by Allen Hollinshed, midsummer, 1815; creases, small repairs. London, circa 1810.

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