[Washington, George] Trumbull, Benjamin. The Majesty and Mortality of created Gods Illustrated and Improved. A Funeral Discourse, Delivered at North-Haven, December 29, 1799. On the Death of General George Washington; Who Died December 14, 1799 Lot 57

Lot 57

[Washington, George] Trumbull, Benjamin. The Majesty and Mortality of created Gods Illustrated and Improved. A Funeral Discourse, Delivered at North-Haven, December 29, 1799. On the Death of General George Washington; Who Died December 14, 1799

Sale 6308 - Printed and Manuscript Americana

Jan 29, 2025 10:00AM ET

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$1,200 - 1,800

New Haven: Printed by Read & Morse, 1800. First edition. 8vo. 31 pp., including half-title. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Washington by Amos Doolittle, after Joseph Wright; woodcut vignette on title-page. Contemporary limp blue wrappers, old repair along spine with marbled paper, extremities and wrappers worn and soiled; foxing to portrait and text leaves. Sabin 97188; Evans 38679; Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington 81 ("extremely rare"); Wick 94; Hart 145; ESTC W26055

Scarce eulogy for George Washington, by Connecticut pastor and historian Benjamin Trumbull. With a very rare engraved portrait of Washington by Amos Doolittle.

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