[SMITH, John Jay].

Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia.

Item #74118

(LAUREL HILL). [SMITH, John Jay]. Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia. Phila.: For Sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer, 1851. 179pp. Folding lithographic frontis., illus., plates. Orig. marbled boards rebacked in period-style gilt-ruled calf, red morocco spine label. Boards lightly rubbed, faint scattered foxing, else a very good copy. Wainwright, Lithography 148. Snyder, Mirror of America 493. Visitors to Laurel Hill located individual graves by consulting the list of lot-holders. Although his name did not appear on the title page, this guidebook was almost certainly penned by John Jay Smith, the Librarian of the Library Company as well as the Secretary for Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Price: $450.00