Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 159 6 Mar 2021
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Appleton on Augustin Dupré
Appleton, William S. AUGUSTIN DUPRÉ, AND HIS WORK FOR AMERICA. REMARKS MADE BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, MARCH 13, 1890. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1890. Tall 8vo, contemporary maroon quarter morocco with mottled sides; spine lettered in gilt. 6, (2) pages. Binding rubbed and worn, but sound. Very good. Ex New-England Historic Genealogical Society, presented by the author. A very rare paper on the designer of the Libertas Americana and several other famous early American medals. Not in Sigler or Davis. Ex 1993 Joint Kolbe/Spink New York Book Auction, lot 23-and we haven't had another copy since.
Appleton, William S. AUGUSTIN DUPRÉ, AND HIS WORK FOR AMERICA. REMARKS MADE BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, MARCH 13, 1890. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1890. Tall 8vo, contemporary maroon quarter morocco with mottled sides; spine lettered in gilt. 6, (2) pages. Binding rubbed and worn, but sound. Very good. Ex New-England Historic Genealogical Society, presented by the author. A very rare paper on the designer of the Libertas Americana and several other famous early American medals. Not in Sigler or Davis. Ex 1993 Joint Kolbe/Spink New York Book Auction, lot 23-and we haven't had another copy since.