first edition Hardcover
1907 · New York
by Stauffer, David McNeely
New York: Grolier Club, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth spine, dark gray boards, black spine labels, covers with Grolier Club escutcheon in black. Very good. 2 Vols. [XXXi; List of Plates, American Engravers & Notes] 391 pages & [X: Preface to the Reader, Notes] 566 pages. 25 x 16 cm. Limited edition, one of 350 copies printed on mould made paper by The De Vinne Press. In his Preface the author notes that '"The great majority of early American engravers were relatively obscure men; many were gold and silver-smiths, only working upon copper to meet a limited demand....." Slight chipping to backstrip labels, interior contents clean (truncated)