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Lot 51
Sale 6465 - Printed and Manuscript Americana
Jan 29, 2026
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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[American Views] Bodmer, Karl. View of Bethlehem (Pennsylvania)
Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Published by Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, (1839-42). Vig. III. Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Lucas Weber after Bodmer; "C. Bodmer" blindstamp below title. Approximately 10 3/4 x 14 in. (273 x 356 mm) (sight). In mat and unexamined out of frame, 22 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (565 x 638 mm). Graff 4648; Howes M-443; Pilling 2521; Sabin 47014; Wagner-Camp 76:1
Bodmer and Prince Maximillian arrived in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the evening of July 25, 1832. Established in 1740, Bethlehem was founded by Moravians along the banks of the Lehigh River.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.

