Boston: Printed and published for the author, 1854. 20 1/2 x 26 1/2. 16 pages + one-page index + 6 full page chromolithographs. Recent boards with linen spine; facsimile of original title label on upper cover. The contents have been professionally conserved with the paper de-acidified, fore edges strengthened, and..... More

Paris: Gruel & Engelmann, 1862. 5 x 6. CXCII pages, each richly illuminated by chromolithography in colors and gold + 12 full page illustrations, and terminal pages to record family births, marriages, etc. Each leaf is tipped to a hinge, allowing the book to be opened flat. Bound by Gruel..... More

New York: Wiley and Putnam, (not after 1848). 8 3/4 x 9 1/2. There are 53 brilliantly chromolithographed pages, on hinges, with tissue guards. Each poem is within a different illuminated border--many with miniatures of birds, animals, humans, and landscapes--reflecting the poem's theme. Tissue guards and blank endpapers are foxed;..... More

Treasury Department. Washington, D. C., 1869. Oblong 13 x 9. 3 leaves, 100 pages, 31 plates. The text is arranged in two sections followed by an Index. Pages 1-36 concern bonds, and are followed by 22 hinged-in engraved specimens. Pages 37-66 concern coinage, and are followed by 9 embossed plates..... More

(London: The Studio, 1931). 8 1/2 x 10 1/2. (90) pages + 20-page summary in French + 15 inserted plates. Printed in black and blue, and illustrated throughout. Cloth spine, printed paper over board sides. One joint with several splits, occasionally affecting a gutter between leaves. Very good copy in..... More