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Lot 296
Sale 6417 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Sep 10, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$2,432
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Lot Description
[Travel & Exploration] Stanley, Henry M., and David Livingstone. Group of Two Autograph Quotations, signed
Stanley, Henry M.
Autograph Quotation, signed
No place, 1884. Oblong bifolium, approximately 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (108 x 159 mm) (sight). Autograph Biblical quotation, signed by Stanley, of Ecclesiastes 9:10: "'Whatsoever thy right hand findeth / to do-do it with all thy might.' / Henry M. Stanley / 1884 / My African name is / (Rock-breaker) Bula Matari."
Together with:
Livingstone, David
Autograph Quotation, signed
St. Giles' House, (Dorset), January 19, 1857. Bifolium, approximately 7 x 4 1/2 in. (178 x 114 mm) (sight). Autograph Biblical quotation, signed by Livingstone in Setswana, of John 3:16: " Morimo o loa rata / Lehatsi yalo, ka o loa / naea moroa ona, / eo o tse coem a le esi / go le shuela, / John III 16 / David Livingstone / St. Giles' House / 19th January / 1857".
Together in mat with two printed illustrations depicting Livingstone and Stanley's travels in Africa, and unexamined out of frame, 22 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. (578 x 578 mm).
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