$20,208 80/100! / LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CO./ LOTTERY OF KENTUCKY / FRANCE, ELLIS & CO., MANAGERS / CLASS 210 / TO BE DRAWN IN COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, ON MONDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 1864 / SCHEME. / ...

[Covington, KY?]: The company, 1864. Broadside, 19 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, printing scheme double and triple-column within large numerals with printed text below, in several typefaces and sizes. Folded, but very good. Item #37591

"Prizes subject to the usual deduction of fifteen per cent." 36,365 prizes amounting to almost $300,000 would be given away. Accompanied by two similar announcements issued by the same firms but for smaller, less lucrative lottery drawings, in different "classes," to be held on July 30 and August 1, 1864; also accompanied by a fourth lottery announcement (721 gifts amounting to $550,000) involving a "Grand Concert" at Louisville in 1871. We found none of these broadsides on OCLC.

Price: $275.00