Printed & Manuscript Americana: April 2021 Auction Highlights
At Auction April 15, 2021
Featuring a Noteworthy Collection of American Historical Prints
Encompassing the colonial era (lots 1 to 12), the American Revolution (lots 13 to 37), Washington and the “founding fathers” (lots 38 to 71), allegorical prints and the early American engravers (lots 72 to 84), the War of 1812 (lots 85 to 100), commerce and expansion (lots 101 to 121).
Native Americans
Featuring sections of material relative to Indigenous Americans, including photographs, letters, and a previously unknown printing of the Treaty Entered into between the United States and the Cherokee Nation, 1836.
American Revolution
Revolutionary Americana spans from the prelude to the war and during it, including a manuscript document to enforce New York’s “Agreement of Non-Importation” during the heyday of the Sons of Liberty in New York, 1769.
Civil War
Covering the Civil War era with an album of carte-de-visites, including one of spymaster Lafayette Baker, sheet music, and a mammoth salt print of Alexander Shaler and the seventh New York Militia Regiment.
Religion, Law & The West
Items throughout reference major religion, with a significant section of Judaica (lots 225 to 236) that features the second book published for a Jewish audience in America, and the first Jewish calendar, 1806, and a small run of material relating to Mormonism in America (lots 254 to 259). Another chapter of the sale covers ephemera, letters, books and photographs from the fabled Western frontier (lots 315 to 344).
The West
Latin America & the Caribbean
A rich selection that features the earliest publication concerned solely with chocolate, early Mexican imprints and manuscript cookbooks, as well as items covering Peru, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere.
What You Need to Know on Auction Day
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