THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
23.01.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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CHRISTIE'S| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1539396
Lot 206 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Estimate value
80000USD $ 80 000 – 120 000
Printed by Benjamin Edes, Watertown, 22 July 1776
In: The Boston Gazette and Country Journal Containing the freshest Advices Foreign and Domestic. Watertown: Printed by Benjamin Edes, 22 July 1776.
Four pages, bifolium, 383 x 245mm. Large woodcut masthead engraved by Paul Revere (Brigham p. 199 (Brigham, p.199: seated personification of liberty with cap on pike, a bird flying from a birdcage, stylized scene of Boston), text printed in roman and italic types in three columns.
Provenance
Joseph Woodridge (subscriber's name written along top left margin)
| Artist: | Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) |
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| Auction house category: | Books and manuscripts, Magazines and Newspapers |
| Artist: | Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) |
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| Auction house category: | Books and manuscripts, Magazines and Newspapers |
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