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A discourse intended to commemorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus : delivered at the request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts on the 23d day of October, 1792, being the completion of the third century since that memorable event : to which are added four dissertations, connected with various parts of the discourse, connected with various parts of the discourse, viz. ...

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 · 1792 · [Boston] : Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Hall · 1 picture

A discourse by Jeremy Belknap, printed in Boston in 1792 by the Apollo Press for the Massachusetts Historical Society, marking the third century since Columbus reached America. The single picture is a decorative headpiece: a rectangular frame of looping garland and ribbon bow enclosing an urn-like vase with flowers, above large capitals beginning the title. A designer might take its symmetrical garland border and classical urn motif as a model for neoclassical ornament.

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