Lot 129
Laurie & Whittle (publishers) An Hieroglyphic Poetical Epistle ...; The Answer, an Hieroglyphic Poetical Epistle ..., 1799
Hammer Price: £1,000
Description
Laurie & Whittle (publishers) An Hieroglyphic Poetical Epistle, from [a Gentleman] to [a Lady]; The Answer, an Hieroglyphic Poetical Epistle, from [a Lady] to [a Gentleman], a pair of rhymed letters in the form of rebus, with words or parts of words in the text replaced with illustrations, engravings with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermarks, platemark 350 x 230 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 in), marginal cockling and handling creases, particularly to the corners, otherwise some spotting and surface dirt, unframed, 1799.
⁂ Scarce. Another pair are held in the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale.
Description
Laurie & Whittle (publishers) An Hieroglyphic Poetical Epistle, from [a Gentleman] to [a Lady]; The Answer, an Hieroglyphic Poetical Epistle, from [a Lady] to [a Gentleman], a pair of rhymed letters in the form of rebus, with words or parts of words in the text replaced with illustrations, engravings with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermarks, platemark 350 x 230 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 in), marginal cockling and handling creases, particularly to the corners, otherwise some spotting and surface dirt, unframed, 1799.
⁂ Scarce. Another pair are held in the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale.
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