Sale 22SC02 | Lot 98

[PENNSYLVANIA QUAKERS] [SMITH, WILLIAM]. A Brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania for the Year 1755; So far as it affected t...

Catalogue: Selections from the Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
[PENNSYLVANIA QUAKERS] [SMITH, WILLIAM]. A Brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania for the Year 1755; So far as it affected t...

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Lot 98
[PENNSYLVANIA QUAKERS] [SMITH, WILLIAM]. A Brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania for the Year 1755; So far as it affected t...
London: R. Griffiths, sold by Mr. Bradford in Philadelphia, 1756. First edition. Later three-quarters burgundy morocco over marbled boards, the spine gilt lettered, marbled endpapers. 8 x 5 inches (20 x 13 cm); 88 pp. Dust soiling to first and last leaves, a few gouges to the gutter of the title page, spotting, the joints and extremities rubbed and the front endpaper detaching.

An attack on the Pennsylvania Quakers, whom Smith asserts are an assistance to the French in the Seven Years' War. Evans 101925(?); Howes S687; Sabin 84594; Streeter sale 2:962.


C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman

Estimate: $700 - $1,000
Sold for $441 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $700 - $1,000
Sold for $441 (includes buyer's premium)

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