Lot 191
  • 191

[Revolutionary Period Bookplates]

Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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Description

  • paper, ink
17 bookplates predominately dating from the 18th century (ranging from 3 x 2 1/8 in; 114 x 54 mm, to 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in; 114 x 83 mm). Some wear and soiling throughout consistent with age and use.  

Provenance

Alderfer Auctions, June 2005

Catalogue Note

This group includes bookplates from the following noteworthy Americans of the Revolutionary Period: Elias Boudinot, Charles Cornwallis, John P. Custis, William Jackson, William Johnson, John Marshall, Thomas McKean, Isaac and Charles Norris, William Parsons, William Penn, John Robinson, George Ross, Bushrod Washington, Richard Washington, Thomas Wharton, and George Washington.