Order Nr. 17011 COLONIAL AMERICAN DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE CHEW FAMILY PAPERS.

COLONIAL AMERICAN DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE CHEW FAMILY PAPERS.

(Americana).
  • New York: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1982.
  • small 4to.
  • paper covered boards.
  • 54, (6) pages.

Price: $25.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 17011

Illustrated including a foldout frontispiece map. A fine copy. The Declaration was estimated to bring between $150,000 and $200,000 and in the end fetched $285,000. Other items in this 25-item sale included the original map of the Mason-Dixon survey and one of two known copies of the manuscript charter for Pennsylvania. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.