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Presidents of the United States | Portraits of the first eleven Presidents

Auction Closed

April 14, 05:34 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 USD

Lot Details

Description

Presidents of the United States

Portraits of the Presidents. Philadelphia: C.S. Williams, 1846

Broadsheets (400 X 311 mm). 11 lithographic plates of the first 11 presidents printed by Peter S. Duval within elaborate rococo-style frames printed in gold ink; light, occasional foxing. Publisher’s original blue boards, title and imprint printed in red with a rococo-style frame; some mottling to boards, neatly rebacked.

Condition as described in catalogue entry.

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