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PIERRE DU SIMITIÈRE'S PORTRAITS, 1783

The E-Sylum (10/3/2010)


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While perusing the Sotheby's online catalog of their 15 October 2010 sale of the James S. Copley library, I came across this interesting item with a connection to U.S. numismatics. -Editor

DU SIMITIÈRE title page DU SIMITIÈRE Washington image

LOT 584

DU SIMITIÈRE, PIERRE EUGÈNE Portraits of the Generals, Ministers, Magistrates, Members of Congress, and Others, Who have rendered themselves Illustrious in the Revolution of the United States of North America. London: R. Wilkinson &J. Debrett, 1783

4to (9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.; 235 x 175 mm). Letterpress title, advertisement, 12 portrait plates signed "B.B.E." after Du Simitière, Drayton portrait with paper overslip correcting caption, caption to Washington portrait corrected in manuscript; lightly browned, title edgestained, faint dampstain in outer margin, tiny oval library stamp on verso of each plate, plates numbered in ink at upper left corner. Modern half-calf and marbled boards, gilt-stamped title label on spine.

ESTIMATE 4,000 - 6,000 USD To read the complete lot description, see:

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