At Auction April 16
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This sale includes a dramatic Texan diary by William Farrar Smith, commanding an expedition to find the best trail from San Antonio to El Paso in 1849; and important Virginia material, most notably an issue of the Virginia Gazette with news of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Following up on our recent Holzer collection, we will offer quality Lincolniana, including a newspaper extra documenting the assassination, and a large oil portrait by Matthew Henry Wilson–the last artist Lincoln sat for.
Other highlights include the only known auction appearance of the first piece of baseball sheet music, The Baseball Polka, from 1858; a beautiful extra-illustrated set of Lossing’s Pictorial History of the Civil War; and a whaling journal kept by a captain’s wife in the 1850s. The Latin Americana selection is headlined by Liber in quo quatuor passiones Christi Domini continentur, a 1604 volume by Mexican composer Juan Navarro–the first music by a New World composer published in the Americas.
Manuscripts
William Farrar Smith, manuscript diary of an expedition from San Antonio to El Paso, 1849. Estimate $30,000 to $40,000.
Alida & George Taber, journal of a whaling voyage, 1853-61. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Broadsides
Abraham Lincoln assassination, Advertiser & Tribune letterpress broadside extra naming Booth as the murderer, Detroit, 1865. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500.
Mexican Imprints
Juan Navarro, Liber in quo quatuor passiones Christi Domini continentur, Mexico, 1604. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
Other Highlights
J.R. Blodgett, The Baseball Polka, printed sheet music, Buffalo, 1858. Estimate $1,000 to $1,500.
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