SMITH, J. Jay and WATSON, John F., eds.

American Historical and Literary Curiosities

Item #77005

SMITH, J. Jay and WATSON, John F., eds. American Historical and Literary Curiosities; Consisting of Fac-Similes of Original Documents Relating to the Events of the Revolution, &c. &c. with a Variety of Reliques, Antiquities and Modern Autographs. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1852. 4th ed., with Additions. 68 full-page plates of documents and portraits. Orig. gilt-decorated cloth rebacked and recornered in period-style black morocco, spine gilt, A.e.g. Very light scattered foxing, else very good or better. HOWES S-616. Reproductions of original letters, printed items, facsimile autographs, and related items in private and institutional collections, the whole comprising an amazing collection of notable persons and events from the colonial, revolutionary, and early Federal eras.

Price: $400.00