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“Marquis Cornwallis” Personal Copper-Plate Engraved Bookplate

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Original Copper-Plate Engraved Personal Bookplate of “Marquis Cornwallis”, namely Charles Cornwallis, the British Lt. General in Colonial North America during the American Revolutionary War, Choice Very Fine

Very scarce personal Engraved Bookplate of “Marquis Cornwallis”, namely Charles Cornwallis, the British Lt. General in Colonial North America during the American Revolutionary War. This impressive whole and complete example measures a larger than average 4-3/4" x 3-5/8" size, bearing the copper-plate engraving of the Cornwallis Family Heraldic Crest, with a British Royal Crown at top, "Virtus Vincit Invidiam" (Virtue Triumphs Over Envy), and with "Marquis Cornwallis" at bottom. Tipped to a larger cardstock measuring 6” tall x 4.5” wide for support and display.
CHARLES CORNWALLIS, 1ST Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), British Lt. General commanding forces in America during the Revolutionary War.

As a member of the House of Lords, he was one of five peers who voted against the 1765 Stamp Act out of sympathy for the Colonists. His 1781 surrender to combined American and French forces at the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia marked the end of British hopes for victory and led to the end of the Revolutionary War and the establishment of American independence.
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