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Auction: 22066 - Historical Documents, Postal History & Autographs - Featuring the Robin Hunt Collection
Lot: 2006

Great Britain
Early Broadside, Seven Years War
18th Century broadside (c.115x330mm) with fine woodcuts depicting Britannia seated at the head and a warship at the foot, the body being "A Soldier's Song", "The Lillies of France and the fair English Rose ...", ending "HUZZA! for old England whose strong pointed lance shall humble the pride and the glory of France. Paper extremely fragile and a little moth-eaten and would benefit from professional paper restoration though the text and woodcuts clear.

provenance:
Gerald E. Wellburn

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Estimate
£120 to £150

Starting price
£100