A few examples of appraisal values for
1798

• 1787 WOOLLETT ENGRAVING PRINT
  1787 WOOLLETT ENGRAVING PRINT
• NJ copper penny 1787 and an 1803
  NJ copper penny 1787 and an 1803 half-cent
• 1797 WATERFORD HERALD
  1797 WATERFORD HERALD NEWSPAPERMentions Napoleon. Dated July 27, 1797. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
• HISTOIRE DE LA REVOLUTION DE 1688
  HISTOIRE DE LA REVOLUTION DE 1688 EN ANGLETERREHistoire de La Revolution de 1688 en Angleterre (Vol. 1-3) Author: F. A. J. Mazure Publisher: Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin Year: 1825
• An Impartial History of the late
  An Impartial History of the late Revolution in France, 2 vols, London 1794; A Letter on the Genius and Disposition of the French Government, including a View of the Taxation of the French Empire, by an American Recently Returned from Europe, London 1810 and Coelebs, In Search of a Wife, 2 vols, London 1808
• French engraved view 18th
  French engraved view 18th century
• French School 18th Century Portrait
  French School 18th Century Portrait of a Man Holding a Letter Estimate:$700-$900
• REVOLUTIONARY WAR-ERA MAP OF
  REVOLUTIONARY WAR-ERA MAP OF AMERICA. Carte Nouvelle de l'Amerique Angloise. Augsbourg: Matthieu Albert Lotter 1776. Handcolored engraving on laid paper. Imperfections. 23 1/2''h. 19 1/4''w. (sight) matted and framed 28 1/2''h. 24 1/4''w. Some foxing and toning marginal damage/losses fold lines.
• French School, 18th or 19th Century
  French School, 18th or 19th Century Portrait of a Lady 28 1/2 x 22 3/4 inches Property from the Collection of Mr. Randall P. Merhar
• FRENCH REVOLUTION SHEET MUSIC,
  FRENCH REVOLUTION SHEET MUSIC, 1848[French Revolution Sheet Music], "Vive La Republique, An Offering from the United States to the National Republic of France", 1848, colored lithograph, sheet music cover, published by W. Hall & Son, 13 in. x 9 in., framed. Provenance: Williamson-LeBlanc Collection, Cornstalk Fence House, New Orleans
• Voyages en Syrie et en Egypte,
  Voyages en Syrie et en Egypte, pendant les années 1783, '84 et '85 Paris, Courcier, 1807, 1807. 2 vols. Vol. one with 2 maps and 2 folding views, (2) -472 pp., 2 views folded and 1 foldout map. Full burl leather, marbled end papers and edges, original binding. Decorated spines and with leather title and tome inserts. French text. Each apprx 8-1/4"T.
• Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau
  Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau French General ANS 1789 1p 6 x 6.3 in. Strasbourg 4 September (7bre) 1789. In French. Signed Cte de Rochambeau. Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Comte de Rochambeau (1725 - 1807) was the French Marshal who commanded French forces sent to aid the Americans in the Revolutionary War. Along with George Washington he was essential in the defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He is considered a ''Founding Father'' of the United States and was an original member of the Society of Cincinnatus. Condition: Minor toning especially along edge where mounted in a sheet of heavy paper.
• After Franz von DeFregger
  After Franz von DeFregger (Austrian, 1835-1921) …Tiroler Aufstandes von 1809 gègan Napoleon (The Tyrolean Uprising of 1809 against Napoleon), signed indistinctly lower right, oil on canvas, 34-3/8 x 49 in.; original fine gilt wood and composition frame with acanthus and scroll decoration,
• FRENCH & INDIAN WAR DS,
  FRENCH & INDIAN WAR DS, PENNSYLVANIA, 1758 Original signed order of Deputy Governor William Denny (1709-'65, royal governor of Pennsylvania, 1756-'59) May 8, 1758, requiring Capt. Garraway's company of militia to gather at Bethlehem and all the other forces east of the Susquehanna to prepare to march to Carlisle "on the first Notice," and announcing the promotion of Capt. Joseph Shippen to Brigade Major. Shippen, 1732-1810, and his soldiers would play a prominent role in Forbes' Campaign, which culminated in the capture of Fort Duquesne on Nov. 25, 1758; 1 p. 4to, laid down on a heavy sheet of paper.
• Lotter map of Colonial America,
  Lotter map of Colonial America, 1776, Carte Nouvelle de l'Amerique Angloise by Mathias Albrecht Lotter, Augsburg, 1776, double-page copper engraving, hand colored, 24 x 19-1/2 in. (sight), in modern frame. Dampstains at bottom, top margin with soiling and chips, toning, colors faded, affixed between mat and foamcore backing.
• REVOLUTIONARY WAR PRINT, CARL
  REVOLUTIONARY WAR PRINT, CARL GUTTENBERG, ENGRAVER(German, 1743-1790) The Tea-Tax-Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution, 1778, Paris, early state before the fully engraved English titles and those in Dutch and French (Fowble 99, Cresswell 738), plate 16 x 19 in. sheet 17-1/8 x 20-7/8 in.; 18-5/8 x 22-3/8 in. Note: This is an allegorical composition projecting a magic lantern image of an exploding teapot, the flames below fanned by a cock, symbolizing the French (removed from later impressions). To the left of the teapot, the British flee, while to the right the Americans chase. The projection is viewed by four figures representing four continents: a Native American, an African, a fainting woman with a shield symbolizing Europe and a consoling woman with an incense burner symbolizing Asia. Paris-based engraver Carl Guttenberg adapted a 1774 engraving by John Dixon entitled "The Oracle," making a number of alterations that drastically changed the message. Provenance: A du Pont Family Collection Condition: light toning, loose, remnant hinging tape verso, some restoration possibly of points of foxing, pencil inscriptions verso; frame with abrasions
• A Victorian sovereign, 1887
  A Victorian sovereign, 1887
• The Revolutionist's Bride, Paris,
  The Revolutionist's Bride, Paris, France, 1799. Hand painted over chromotithograph, After Frederick Hendrik Kaemmerer. red painted over signature lower left, approx 24.5 cm x 16.5 cm
• The Revolutionist's Bride, Paris,
  The Revolutionist's Bride, Paris, France, 1799. Hand painted over chromotithograph, After Frederick Hendrik Kaemmerer. red painted over signature lower left, approx 24.5 cm x 16.5 cm
• IMPORTANT ENGRAVING, LOUISBOURG,
  IMPORTANT ENGRAVING, LOUISBOURG, DATED 1771After Richard Paton (English 1717-1791), coloured engraving dated 1771 by Pierre -Charles Canot, RA (1710-1777), "The burning of the Prudent and taking of the Bienfaisant in Louisbourg Harbour, Cape Breton, 1758". This rare and historically important engraving shows the capture of Louisbourg by Admiral Bascawen, supported by General Amherst with his ground troops. Here we see the Prudent ablaze in Louisbourg harbour after Capt. Laforey and Balfour found her aground and were obliged to burn her. This historical event was the beginning of the Seven Years' War, and led to the subsequent British campaign to capture Quebec in 1759. Condition: entirely original condition, not laid down, full plate mark on all sides, 3 or 4 slight marginal tears just entering plate mark, but not entering engraved surface. Print is in exceptional condition for its age. (Original sold by Christie's, Lot 59, 1 April 2015 for $96,232 USD). 16" x 23" at sight.
• BENJAMIN DUTERREAU (FRANCE,
  BENJAMIN DUTERREAU (FRANCE, 1767-1851) Revolutionary Era Portrait, inscribed verso in the period "This picture is the Property of Benj. Duterreau, Jun. July 13, 1791". The sitter is depicted as an elderly man in a white powdered solicitor's wig. Housed in the original gilt cove and bead frame, OS: 14" x 12", SS: 11 1/2" x 9 1/2", craquelure, losses lower left.
• FRENCH 1741 HANDWRITTEN
  FRENCH 1741 HANDWRITTEN EIGHT-PAGE DOCUMENT AND 1782 EIGHT-PAGE LEGAL DOCUMENTFrench 1741 Handwritten Eight-Page Document and 1782 Eight-Page Legal Document
• French School, late 17th/early 18th
  French School, late 17th/early 18th c - Portrait of a Lady of Title, three-quarter length, sitting by a marble plinth, the background with drapery, plumbago on vellum, with some colouring, 31 x 23.5cm More Information The limited colouring somewhat faded. Lower- and right-margin with some stains. The vellum with slight ripple, but displaying well behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
• VUE DE PHILADELPHIA AFTER
  VUE DE PHILADELPHIA AFTER AMBROISE L. GARNERAY (FRENCH 1783-1857). Handcolored aquatint on paper signed on the plate lower right. Riverview with a ship flying an American flag in the foreground. Approximately 17''h. 21 1/2''w. in a gilt frame 19 1/2''h. 24''w. Approximately 1/4'' of the print has been wrapped around the framing glass and backed with paper also wrapped around the glass and glued.
• Late 18th Century French
  Late 18th Century French School/Washing Day/a pair/bodycolour, 19cm x 25cm
• A quantity of about eighteen
  A quantity of about eighteen historic documents many of the 17th. and 18th. c. and on vellum.
• French School (Late 18th
  French School (Late 18th Century) "Apples", suite of four hand-colored engravings by Henri Du Monceau (1700-1782), sight 11" x 9". Glazed, matted and handsomely framed en suite.
• 1800 Georgia law digest: Robert and
  1800 Georgia law digest: Robert and George Watkins, A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia, From Its First Establishment as a British Province Down to the Year 1798, Inclusive, and the Principal Acts of 1799: In Which is comprehended the declaration of Independence; The State Constitutions of 1777 and 1789, with the alterations and amendments of 1794: Also the Constitution of 1798 , printed by R. Aitken, Market Street, Philadelphia, 1800, early pages include the address to the public dated Augusta, 1 July 1799, probably original full calf leather, 837 pp. plus index, 10 x 8-1/4 in. Binding fair, added end papers and spine reinforcement, extensive abrasions and losses at corners and spine, spine with extensive darkening and flaking, moderate overall browning and foxing, title page dark with dampstains.
• French School (18th century) Pair
  French School (18th century) Pair of portraits, gentleman and woman, unsigned, pastel on paper laid on canvas, 23 x 17-3/8 in.; matching early-20th century oval gilt wood frames with laurel swags,
• 1780 NEW HAMPSHIRE COLONIAL $1
  1780 NEW HAMPSHIRE COLONIAL $1 NOTE, AU50Graded About Uncirculated by PMG (AU-50) April 29, 1780, one dollar colonial note. Fr#NH-179. Very high grade for this issue. Provenance: Obtained from direct descendant of Spanish arms dealer Juan De Miralles, a friend of George Washington's(Miralles died in Washington's camp). Possibly kept as a memorial of Miralles, as the note is dated the day before Miralles died (April 28, 1780). Miralles was the consignor's fourth great-grandfather. PMG graded. This item can be shipped in-house.
• BURKE & LAMARTINE ON FRENCH
  BURKE & LAMARTINE ON FRENCH REVOLUTIONS:1790, 1849 Two titles: Edmund Burke, REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE ... 2nd Ed. (London: J. Dodsley, 1790) Issued in same year as 1st ed.; 8vo, quarter boarded goatskin, marbled boards with matching endpapers, the binding rather worn, with cracking at the shoulders but otherwise sound; and A. De Lamartine, trans. by F. A. Durivage and W. S. Chase, HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848 1st American Ed. (Boston: Philips, Sampson, 1849) With old bookplate of U.S. Naval Academy; 2 vols. in 1, 12mo; three-quarters pebbled goatskin, marbled boards, the spine faded.
• Gazette Nationale, 3 vols, folio,
  Gazette Nationale, 3 vols, folio, Paris (newspaper, French Revolution) 22.7.1794 - 2-.3.1795/ 21.3.1795 - 21.7.1795 (heavily wormed/stained)/ 23.7.1795 - 19.3.1796 (some worm damage in this volume)
• French School, Late 18th Century
  French School, Late 18th Century Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1795 watercolor on white laid paper 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (sight).
• 1798 U.S. Draped Bust Dollar
  1798 U.S. Draped Bust Dollar extra fine.
• French School (18th Century)
  French School (18th Century) "Botanicals", suite of eight black and white copper engravings by Fusee Aublet, Paris 1775, sight 8-3/4" x 6-3/4". Glazed, matted and presented in carved ebonized frames (eight pieces).
• ETAT GENERAL DES POSTES DE FRANCE
  ETAT GENERAL DES POSTES DE FRANCE 1789 a Paris contemporary red morocco binding with gilt lettering and trim map included Paris Provenance: From Patricia Kluge's Albemarle House Charlottesville VA