Selection of 18th Century Printed Americana.
Included are: The London Chronicle, August 2-4, 1763, includes a brief piece about the planned survey of the Mason-Dixon Line; engraved plate from the October 1786 issue of Gentleman's Magazine, a centerfold of sorts, including the earliest illustration of a Nova Constellation copper; single page engraved plate from The Columbian Magazine, October 1787, depicting the arms of Massachusetts and New York State; single leaf from the Acts and Laws of Massachusetts, p. 379-380, publishing a 1747 act to amend the times for court in the counties of Essex and Bristol on one side and a 1747 act to prevent clandestine purchases of land from the Indians on the other; Thursday, March 1, 1792 issue of The Pennsylvania Mercury and Philadelphia Price-Current, with a front page full of prices current for everything from Allum, English to Wine, Malaga. One leaf, 4 pages; large folio (16 x 21") table of "Commerce de la Grande-Bretagne avec ses Colonies du Continent de l'Amérique, depuis 1667 jusqu'en 1773, suivant les Comptes rendus au Parlement, & recueillis par le Chevalier Charles Whitworth." Printed on one side, publishing the total imports and exports into the British colonies of North America rendered in both pounds sterling and livres tournois for the years indicated, extracted from a larger volume. Conditions vary, all legible and attractive and complete as described. (Total: 6 pieces)
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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection.

Estimate: $650