1. DESOBRY, Prosper - SMITH, James W. Drug & Chemical Store … Brooklyn … Medicine Chests.
New York, Prosper Desobry, 171 Broadway, mid-19th century
Lithograph. Folio. 305 x 228 mm. Large allegorical illustration at the top. Restoration on the lower margin, otherwise in good condition.
Extremely rare illustrated fly leaf. Chemist and apothecary James W. Smith, a graduate of the New York College of Pharmacy, offers for sale in his pharmacy an assortment of medicines and drugs, guaranteed to be of the highest quality. The beautiful allegory of pharmacy is printed in lithograph by Prosper Desobry, a French lithographer active in New York in the first half of the 19th century.
2. DESOBRY, Prosper - DELANO, Jesse. Manufacturer of fireproof wrought iron merchants' book safes. IRON CHESTS.
New York, Prosper Desobry, 171 Broadway, mid-19th century
Lithograph. Folio. 296 x 233 mm. Large allegorical illustration at the top. Restoration on the lower margin, otherwise in good condition.
Extremely rare illustrated fly leaf. The manufacturer of fireproof wrought iron merchants' book safes offers his Iron Chests, which he sells in his shop at 97 Water Street, New York. Above the advertisement is a large safe on wheels, lithographed by Prosper Desobry, a French lithographer active in New York in the first half of the 19th century.