(EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.)

Emancipation Proclamation. Letterpress text using a great number of fonts, within a border of pink roses applied to a pale green ground, 17x13 inches; numerous nicks and small tears at edges, several tears just reaching the border of roses, toned overall. Chicago: Rufus Blanchard, [circa 1864] "The type is a conglomerate of every font in the composing room"--Eberstadt 17.