Fitch Hambletonian! This Celebrated Stallion, Purchased of William Fitch, of Norwich, CT., by H. J. Rockwell and W. H. Allen will make a Short Season at the Metropolitan Stables, N. London Connecticut
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About This Item
New London, Ct.: Printed at the Office of the Daily Star, 1871. Broadside, matted and framed. Folio. Visible image size 340 x 258 mm., [13 ½ x 10 inches.]; frame size 420 x 370 mm., [16 ½ x 14 ½ inches]. Illustrated with woodcut image very well executed and printed in deep rich black ink. Some minor shadow effect from large wood type, text and image printed within a decorative border. Appears to be in very good condition although not removed from the frame. Will remove upon request. The woodcut image of the large, virile stallion rearing against the reins and constraints imposed by the hot walker, is beautifully cut and printed. The broadside is surprisingly clean as the ink used to accentuate the cut has not oxidized. In the background is a young black child walking a white horse, presumably the mare suggested by the advertisement. Although unsigned the woodcut is expertly designed and cut with delicate parallel line which accentuates the movement of the stallion. Rare broadside, with only one copy cited in OCLC at Connecticut Historical Society. A copy was offered for sale by William Reese and Company earlier in the year, presumably sold.
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- De Simone Company, Booksellers (US)
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- Title
- Fitch Hambletonian! This Celebrated Stallion, Purchased of William Fitch, of Norwich, CT., by H. J. Rockwell and W. H. Allen will make a Short Season at the Metropolitan Stables, N. London Connecticut
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- (Stud Broadside)
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- Printed at the Office of the Daily Star
- Place of Publication
- New London, Ct.
- Date Published
- 1871
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...