£150 - £250
Broadsides. Two 1821 Festival Ball broadside posters. Reading: There will be a Grand Ball in the Assembly Rooms, George Street, on the Evening of Thursday next, on which occasion the Directors of the Festival have the satisfaction of announcing, that the following Ladies of distinction have kindly undertaken to act as Patronesses. The Music will be under the direction of Messrs Litolff and Stockham of London; and the Directors have obtained the additional aid of the Military Band of the Royal Dragoons from Piershill Barracks. Tickets of Admission, 10s. 6d. each, may be purchased at any of the Music Shops, or at the Rooms. The Doors will be Opened at Ten o'Clock, and Dancing commence at half-past Ten. Countesses being of Caithness, Morton, Moray, Wemyss and March, Dalhousie, Leven and Melville, and Rosebery. A pair of watermarked 1821 printed broadsides advertising a ball at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, with musical direction by Henry Litolff. Light age-toning to right edge, folded centrally & offset as to be expected. An exceptional and scarce pair of Regency survivors. Measuring approx. 22cm x 18cm.
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