Philad(elphi)a: Engraved & Printed by Illman & Sons, ca. 1859. First edition. Engraved print; 20 x 16 in. (508 x 406 mm) (sight). Trimmed; Scattered short closed tears and wear. In frame, 33 5/8 x 29 3/8 in. (854 x 746 mm). Bidwell 30; Hart 597

First edition of this elaborate engraving of the Declaration of Independence, with portraits of the presidents from George Washington to James Buchanan, vignette of the Washington family burial vault and a reproduction of John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, surrounded in an ornate vine and floral border.