Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 509

Price Realized: $ 460
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 150
[WEST, BENJAMIN.] Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack, Or Federal Calendar, for 1789. Illustrated title-page with an image of two cherubs holding up an ark of the covenant containing 13 pillars, with the captions "The Rising Glory of the American Empire" and "Washington and Liberty forever." 24 pages. 8vo, stitched self wrappers; a bit toned. Boston, [1788]

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A lovely patriotic image from the Federal period. Evans 21592; Drake 3409; Phelps 901.