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1st Revere Engraved Woodblock Illustration in Almanac

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
1st Revere Engraved Woodblock Illustration in Almanac
<Our item number 140901><B>[Revere, Paul] First Revere Engraved Woodblock Print Illustration in an Almanack!</B> Almanac illustration by Paul Revere in &#34;An Astronomical Diary, or Almanack …1766,&#34; published by Nathaniel Ames, printed by W. McAlpine and J. Fleeming, Boston, MA, 24 pages. The almanac&#39;s pages are 6 x 3½ in., loose stitch-bound and Revere&#39;s illustration of an eclipse appears on page 17, after the month of December. This is the earliest known example of a Paul Revere engraved woodblock illustration in an almanac. The illustration, as well as several other pages, are covered with period ink notations and calculations on them; toning and light soiling; a hole in two leaves with some minor loss to last few pages. Brigham 198; Drake 3147; Evans 9896. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,000 - 1,500. <BR><BR>Our item number 140901<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140901.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>