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THBPAUL REVERE JR. Engraved Bookplate Print for Historic Printer Isaiah Thomas
Lot 193
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American Revolution
Paul Revere's Engraved Bookplate Printed for American Patriot & Newspaper Publisher Isaiah Thomas
c. 1798, Paul Revere Jr. Original Engraved Copper-Plate Bookplate Printed for American Patriot, Newspaper Publisher, and Founder of the American Antiquarian Society, Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831), Framed, Choice Crisp Extremely Fine.
A high quality, authentic Paul Revere Metal-cut Bookplate entirely Engraved by Revere, at Boston, for the personal use of historic Massachusetts and American Revolutionary War Patriot, Isaiah Thomas. Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) was an American Patriot, Newspaper Publisher and Author who performed the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Worcester, Massachusetts, as well as reporting the first account of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. This Pre-1800 Bookplate measures about 3.25" x 2.75" (88 mm x 69 mm) and is sharply printed in rich deep black on white laid period paper, being the finest example of this Bookplate we have offered. Professionally framed under UV-protective glass in a simple faux-antique wooden frame to an overall size of 8.5" x 7.75". An illustration of this Bookplate type with a full description is found on pages 163 to 165 in Clarence Brigham's 1954 reference titled, "The Engravings of Paul Revere" issued by the American Antiquarian Society (which Isaiah Thomas himself founded)! A museum quality example of Paul Revere's Engraved Copper-plate Bookplate made for American Patriot Isaiah Thomas.
Provenance: Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II.
Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831), was an American Patriot, Newspaper Publisher and Author. He performed the First Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Worcester, Massachusetts and reported the very first account of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. He was the Founder of the American Antiquarian Society.
In Boston, in 1774, Isaiah Thomas published the Royal American Magazine, which was continued for a short time by Joseph Greenleaf, and which contained many historic engravings by Paul Revere. He issued in Boston the Massachusetts Spy three times each week, then (under his sole ownership) as a semi-weekly, and beginning in 1771, as a weekly which soon espoused the Whig cause and which the government tried to suppress.
On the April 16, 1775 (three days before the Battle of Concord, in which he took part), Thomas took his presses from Boston and set them up in Worcester, where he was also postmaster for a time. There he published and sold books, built a paper-mill and bindery, and continued the paper until 1802 save for gaps in 1776-1778 and in 1786-1788. The Spy supported George Washington and the Federalist Party.
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