Lot 742
  • 742

PAPER, INK, COLOR LINE ENGRAVING; TWO TRANSFER PRINTS ON GLASS: ASTRONOMY AND POETRY Robert Sayer, Publisher

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • Robert Sayer, Publisher
  • ASTRONOMY; POETRY
  • Executed circa 1760-1770
  • Two engravings with hand coloring on laid paper
    Printed by the publisher, London
"Astronomy;" "Young men show young ladies around the grounds, telescope, magnifying glass, astrolobe, globe explained;" "Poetry;" Young people are reading poetry from books; a monument with portrait of man in landscape; "printed for Robt. Sayer."

Provenance

Virginia Rare Books, Colonial Williamsburg, October 1, 1992.