The Washingtoniana.
The Washingtoniana.
New York: E. Dexter & Son, 1865
2 frontispiece plates. [2], 399 pages. 4to, modern ¼ calf over marbled boards; unopened, title page in red and black, minor wear.
One of 50 large-paper copies, a fine-press reprint of the 1800 Baltimore work which bore the full title, "The Washingtoniana: Containing a Biographical Sketch of the Late Gen. George Washington, with Various Outlines of his Character, from the Pens of Different Eminent Writers, both in Europe and America; and an Account of the Various Funeral Honors Devoted to his Memory, to Which are Annexed his Will and Schedule of his Property." Also issued in octavo size (100 copies). Howes W151. We trace none of this large-paper edition since a Swann sale, 25 September 1967, lot 327.
The Washingtoniana.
New York: E. Dexter & Son, 1865
2 frontispiece plates. [2], 399 pages. 4to, modern ¼ calf over marbled boards; unopened, title page in red and black, minor wear.
One of 50 large-paper copies, a fine-press reprint of the 1800 Baltimore work which bore the full title, "The Washingtoniana: Containing a Biographical Sketch of the Late Gen. George Washington, with Various Outlines of his Character, from the Pens of Different Eminent Writers, both in Europe and America; and an Account of the Various Funeral Honors Devoted to his Memory, to Which are Annexed his Will and Schedule of his Property." Also issued in octavo size (100 copies). Howes W151. We trace none of this large-paper edition since a Swann sale, 25 September 1967, lot 327.
