1853 - Homes of American Authors; Comprising Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches

By Various Authors

Illustrated With Views of Their Residences From Original Drawings, and Fac-Simile of the Manuscript of Each Author.

Published 1853
G.P. Putnam’s and Co., Publishers/ New York

Contents Include: John James Audubon, James K. Paulding, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, George Bancroft, Richard Henry Dana, William H. Prescott, Miss C.M. Sedgwick, J. Fen I more Cooper, Edward Everett, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Gilmore Simms, Henry W. Longfellow.

Full leather binding with embossed/tooled middle section/ emblem along with tooled black detail to both boards and Morocco spine. Beveled edges boards. Rubbing to board/ edges/ corners per photos. Gilt lettering to spine. Gilt to all edges. Originally had two clasps with one intact and the other has the brass attachments to each board, yet missing the clasp. Dentelle detail to boards. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Numerous engravings( Of views & portraits) along with facsimiles of manuscripts throughout with many hand-painted with tissue guards. Pages crisp and clean. Binding & hinges tight. 366pp.

Rare Book

Size: 6 1/2” x 8 1/2”

A very beautiful piece from the past!