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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.