Proposals by Joseph M. Sanderson, for publishing by subscription a Biography of the signers to the Declaration of Independence : Accompanied with portraits, and the Declaration, with fac-simile engravings of the signatures[.] By John Sanderson.

Author/creator Sanderson, Joseph M.
Other author Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846, illustrator.
Other author Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869, engraver.
Other author Warr, John, approximately 1798- engraver.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Philadelphia] : J. Maxwell, printer, [1819?]
Description8 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 21281. ^A575643
General notePrinter's name from verso of title page, which also states, "The first number (now in progress) will be published in March next ..." Sanderson's Biography of the signers to the Declaration of Independence, v. 1, was published at Philadelphia in 1820. An earlier edition of the proposals is dated Nov. 15, 1819 (Shaw & Shoemaker 49356).
General noteFive plates include engraved facsimile signatures of the signers, "copied from Mr. J. Binns' print, by J. Warr Jr. engraver, 110 Walnut St. Philada.", and engraved title page for the proposed work, illustrated by C.A. Lesueur and engraved by J.B. Longacre. Pages [3]-8 contain the Declaration of Independence, intended as a specimen of the printing and paper.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 21281
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 21281).
Genre/formProspectuses.

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