leather_bound
1851 · Philadelphia
by Philadelphia. Jesper Harding
Philadelphia: Jesper Harding, 1851. leather_bound. Full brown morocco. Aeg. Very good. 770 (54) (18). 30 x 25 cm. Illustrated with steel engravings of biblical events. Tissue guards of latter foxed with offsetting to text, affecting borders of the plates but not the images. "The Resurrection" plate from original by C.Vanloo. Register of Marriages, Births and Deaths of the Harrington family, the infant mortality rate a common reality. Presentation copy slip to Betsey W. Harrington from her brother Emerson Blood dated 1851. Two chromolithograph plates. Scattered toning. Binding with raised bands, spine panels and covers heavily gilt in floral and pictorial motifs with modest rubbing to back cover.
(Inventory #: 22639)