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(title 17, U. S. Code).
(EVANS, OLIVER). EVANS, EVAN. Cyder or Tobacco Press....Evan Evans' Straw-Cutters....Mars Works...[Caption title & Headings]. Tall 4to broadside, printed in two columns, with three engraved figures at top. [Washington City: 1811]. Illusts. of the Cyder or Tobacco Press, the Straw Cutter and the Flour Press. Lower vertical margins narrow & jagged. $875.00
Rink 1389 for a single copy of a broadside of a different dimension, but similarly with three illustrations by F. Shallus, noting that here the announcement of Oliver Evans' Mars Works is dated at Philadelphia, April 30, 1807. Our copy is dated (in print): "June, 1811." Not in the Imprints Survey. In 1813 Evans did publish a 47 page "Explanation of the three listed inventions.
"N.B. The privilege for using the above machines may be purchased of George Evans, Pittsburg; Oliver Evans, Philadelphia; or of the subscriber, Washington City, Evan Evans." Cf. Bathe & Bathe, Oliver Evans, for numerous references to Evan Evans, Oliver's younger brother.