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

    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
    .