Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

58 c   (SLAVERY ANDABOLITION.) Lincoln,Abraham. Proclamation of Emancipation. Engraving, 22 x 17 1 / 4 inches; worn, several short closed tears, light soiling, laid down on paper. New York: R.A. Dimmick, 1864 [1,200/1,800] The text is set in a variety of typefaces, in a border with a portrait of Lincoln and seven other vignettes—the horrors of slavery at left, the bombardment of Fort Sumter at bottom, and scenes from a prosperous united nation at right. W. Roberts was the artist and engraver, and C.A. Alvord was the printer. Eberstadt 21. EMANCIPATION: LOTS 58 - 66