[Rarebooks] FS: Declaration of Independence

[Pia Oliver]

Declaration of Independence, in Congress, July 4, 1776: The Unanimous 
Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America.

New York: Humphry Phelps and Bele Squire. October, 1832.
Approximately 29.5 x 20.5 inches overall, printed area 24 x 19 
inches, or 71 x 48 cms, Letterpress printing on cream paper, text and 
most decorations in black. With expert restoration, laid on rice 
paper.

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Humphrey Phelps was a map maker in New York, and he together with 
Bele S. Squire, published a new version of the Declaration in 1832, 
the same year that Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the 
original Declaration, died. This has the original text and names the 
signatories in the conventional way, with woodcut illustrations of 
the American Eagle and the Capitol framing the text, surrounded by 
elaborate vignettes from the thirteen states with statistical 
information for each. An elaborate arch with climbing acanthus leaves 
and topped by the American Eagle is immediately framing the text. 
Additional vignettes naming the Presidents, reigning Sovereigns, 
Governors and the National Debt adorn each corner. The whole 
surrounded by an elaborate border. A very attractive and informative 
issue.

[Two copies located by OCLC, Albert Small and Yale University].

$6,000.00 (courtesy to the trade)

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