Broadside Proclamation of Emancipation. Names of members of Congress who voted for the resolution to submit to the Legislatures of the several states the amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting slavery forever
190041809Denver: Halsey M. Rhoads 1900. Later printing. A very good copy small repaired tear at top small tear at bottom both in blank areas vertical and horizontal folds some minor edge wear. 1 sheet. Sheet size 17 3/4 x 14 inches. Calligraphic portrait of Lincoln in which the script of the Emancipation Proclamation forms Lincoln's image within a 9 x 11 inch decorated frame surrounded by the names of those members of Congress who voted for the resolution as an amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The original design by W.H. Pratt Davenport 1865 contained just the portrait and border Eberstadt 40 followed by this variation with the additional names 42. Only one at auction in the last forty years and that one dampstained. Quite scarce in all forms: OCLC locates five libraries with the original 1865 print 40 two with the 1865 variant 42 in the Lib. of Congress and Lincoln Memorial Library and two of this later edition: Lincoln Memorial Library and Lilly Library. See Eberstadt: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation 42. Lilly Library: Lincoln Prints 4/97. Halsey M. Rhoads unknown books
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €
