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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

[DRINKING] Butts, printer

[COLOR INK; BROADSIDE; HUMOR] Sermon on Malt. Boston, c. 1830

Glossy black coated stock with text and decorative border in gilt.

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[ BROADSIDE; HUMOR] Sermon on Malt. Boston,: Butts, printer,( c. 1830s).  Approx. 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches.  Very delicate, thin paper, with a few cracks and tears, wear of some kind to the corners including chipping and loss of coating; stains.  We were unable to locate any copies of the broadside, which reprints a comical anecdote found in various publications, including  The Treasury of Wit. With Comic Engravings.London: Printed for T. Allman, 1836.   The printer is possibly Isaac Butts, who also issued an early Emerson broadside. 

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