The Young Lady's Remembrancer" -- Early Victorian Friendship Album of Miss Theodosia Curtice of Auburn, Massachusetts

Utica, New York: William Williams, 1833. Very good.. A friendship and remembrance album kept by Miss Theodosia Curtice of Auburn, Massachusetts, beginning in 1833. She begins the album with an elegant inscription that reads: "My Album is a garden plot, Where all my friends may sow, There thorns and thistles flourish not, And flowers alone may grow; With smiles for sunshine, tears for showers, I'll water watch and warm my flowers". Includes about thirty-five (35) entries from friends from between 1833 and the 1840s, taking up about half the book. Includes a couple examples of ink flourishes, and one charming folk art illustration of a leather bound book on the final leaf, colored with watercolor. A very nice example of a young lady's friendship album from the early Victorian period. Single vol. (7.75" by 5"), approx. 100 blank leaves in original three-quarter leather and marbled paper sides. Publisher's engraved title-page has engraved image of a young woman in classical garb next to a monument with the word "Album (Inventory #: 24005320)