Miscellaneous Works

Lot 195
16.06.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 100
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 967390
Lot 195 | Miscellaneous Works
Estimate value
$ 300 – 500
[LINN, John Blair (1777-1804).] Miscellaneous Works, Prose and Poetical. By a Young Gentleman of New York. New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1795.

First edition of the works of an underappreciated early American poet, containing a poem on the discovery of tobacco. Having studied law under Alexander Hamilton, Linn discovered the legal profession was not for him and turned to theological pursuits. Evans 28973; Sabin 41337; Stoddard 508.

12mo (165 x 95mm). Errata leaf at end (some browning and spotting, last gathering chipped at upper blank corner). Contemporary sheep (worn, corners showing). Provenance: S. Wendover (signature on flyleaf).
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
USA
Preview
16.06.2023
Phone +1 212 636 2000
Fax +1 212 636 4930
Email
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase
Shipping Postal service
Courier service
pickup by yourself
Payment methods Wire Transfer
Business hoursBusiness hours
Mo 09:30 – 17:00   
Tu 09:30 – 17:00   
We 09:30 – 17:00   
Th 09:30 – 17:00   
Fr 09:30 – 17:00   
Sa closed
Su closed

Related terms