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Lot 242
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$400 -
500
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$531
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Lot Description
VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901). Printed document, accomplished in manuscript, Letters of Patent, 19 October 1858.
2 pages, 532 x 765 or smaller, on parchment, margins ruled in red, with an impression of THE GREAT SEAL OF VICTORIA IN YELLOW WAX (diameter: 157 mm, depicting the robed Queen on her throne), pendant on maroon twine, in original tin skippet (label pasted to one side), within original leather presentation box. A PATENT granted William Edward Newton for "improvements in the hanging and arranging of cylindrical, conical, or spiral steel railroad springs for Railway carriages."