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Lot 167
Sale 6425 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
Part I - Lots 1-222
Oct 23, 2025
10:00AM ET
Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[LINCOLN'S FUNERAL]. CATON, John Dean (1812-1895). Death of Lincoln. Proceedings in the Supreme Court of Illinois. Chicago: J.W. Middleton & Co., 1865.
8vo. 17pp. Disbound; dampstaining; last leaf detached; losses along top edge line particularly back half of imprint.
RARE CHICAGO PRE-FIRE IMPRINT OF THIS FIRST EDITION. Illinois Supreme Court Justice John Dean Caton delivered a formal resolution and eloquent personal recollections to the Supreme Court of Illinois following Lincoln's assassination. In his address, Caton reminisced about Lincoln's presence among the legal community, stating, "Who of this bar does not remember him as of yesterday, when he was among us relieving the hard labors of the profession by his enlivening presence?" Monaghan 441; Sabin 41186.
Scarce. RBH records only two examples sold since 1938.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.