Buy this book on-line UNIDENTIFIED : 1830s - 1840s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN BOOK OF MEMORIES, SENTIMENTS, ESSAYS, POETRY, HYMNS, RIDDLES AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN A STUNNING BURGUNDY LEATHER FINE BINDING
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. On offer is an exceptional 1830s-1840s manuscript album of memories, stories and poetry. Stunning well kept cover, burgundy leather with embossed classical harp/lyre design with gilt edges, silk moiré endpapers, a strong gilt spine treatment makes for a beautifully well preserved relic of early/mid 19th century poetic, literary and religious thought. Originally found in Kitchener-Waterloo/London Ontario area estate there are no clues to location or authorship save for G. Wilmot 1834 watermark on the multi-colored papers. Every entry is in lovely calligraphy with what appears to be one main unidentified hand but a few others writing entries. Titles include: 'The Suffering and Example of Christ', 'O Childhood is a Holy Thing', 'The Thrush', 'The Evening Star' with authors credited: Wordsworth, Richardson's Geology, W.C. Bennett, Gerald Griffin, Lockhart, Richard Lovelace, Motherwell, Tennyson +++. There are also about a half dozen lovely plates being tipped in and hand drawn prints: Napoleon's Tomb, an English manor, some florals etc. Over one hundred pages, perhaps two-thirds full. Save for the odd blemish mostly in the inside front cover this book would be Fine.. English. Book Condition: Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of UNIDENTIFIED : 1830s - 1840s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN BOOK OF MEMORIES, SENTIMENTS, ESSAYS, POETRY, HYMNS, RIDDLES AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN A STUNNING BURGUNDY LEATHER FINE BINDING. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, libri antichi, incunabula, collectables and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |