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Lot 452

Two Social Library Company Bookplates

5 – 15 November 2022, 12:00 EST
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

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Two Social Library Company Bookplates

Massachusetts, Late 18th/early 19th century

Copper plate engraving printed on laid paper depicting two cherubs holding a scroll above a landscape and with a banner above reading, (one trimmed), "SOCIAL LIBY COMPANY," 4 5/8 x 3 7/8 in.

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The Social Library Company was founded in Leicester, Massachusetts in 1793.

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