Chiswick Auctions’ Books and Manuscripts sale on March 22 features an example of the 1733, first printed facsimile of the Magna Carta of 1215. On vellum and with the text flanked by 25 hand-coloured armorial shields of the barons, it was engraved by John Pine after one of two original copies owned by Sir Robert Cotton (now in the British Museum), one of which had been damaged by fire two years earlier. Estimate £10,000-12,000.
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