Thanks to Nick Graver for passing along this notice of some interesting lots in an upcoming Swann auction, including a first printing of the 1792 Mint Act.
-Editor
“Our April 8 Americana auction is still taking shape as of press time, but highlights will include a nice 1601 set of Herrera’s Historia General de las Hechos de los Castellanos: a first printing of the 1792 Act Establishing A Mint, and Regulating the Coins of the United States, signed by Thomas Jefferson: a rare 1860 report on the Young Men’s Republican Union’s extensive efforts to secure Lincoln’s election: a collection of California gold rush graphics and much more. “
For more information, see:
Apr 8 1:30 PM
Printed & Manuscript Americana
(www.swanngalleries.com/departments/Printed-and-Manuscript-Americana/)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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