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RARE Original Woodblock Printing Plate Hand-Engraved & Signed by Isaiah Thomas

RARE Original Woodblock Printing Plate Hand-Engraved & Signed by Isaiah Thomas

$ 660

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Subject: Americana
  • Publisher: Isaiah Thomas
  • Author: Isaiah Thomas
  • Region: North America
  • Topic: Action, Adventure
  • Special Attributes: 1st Edition
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Year Printed: 1795
  • Illustrator: Isaiah Thomas
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Language: English
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Place of Publication: Boston
  • Original/Facsimile: Original

    Description

    ISAIAH THOMAS
    .  Isaiah Thomas (1749–1831) was an important colonial-era American printer and publisher, second in renown only to Benjamin Franklin.  In addition to authoring a massive History of Printing in America, one of the classics on the subject, Thomas also performed the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.
    RARE ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK PRINTING PLATE HAND-ENGRAVED AND SIGNED BY ISAIAH THOMAS, THE PROMINENT COLONIAL PRINTER AND PUBLISHER
    Rare original woodblock printing plate hand-engraved and signed by Isaiah Thomas with his initials “I.T.” at the bottom right corner.  The very fine 2.5” by 2” plate illustrates two knights with plumed helmets on horseback riding towards a castle and was printed in the 1795 edition of Nathan Ben Saddi’s
    Chronicles of the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror to the year 1795
    published by Thomas.  It may have also been printed in Thomas’ 1789
    Elements of General History
    ,
    History of France
    , and
    New England Almanac
    .