1819 NEW TESTAMENT 1st American BOSTON STEREOTYPE richardson and lord LEATHER
Original leather binding worn, but solid. Corners very worn down. For Bibles containing the Apocrypha, I include a photo of the Apocrypha title page or first page. Antiquarian books are handmade, hand-sewn, and often contain natural irregularities, age-related toning, foxing, small tears, edge wear, and other characteristics typical of books of this period.
c1819 to 1880s Victorian Scrapbook Yorkshire Manuscript & Ephemera 77 Pages
Large scrapbook album, half leather over marbled boards, gilt-lettered “SCRAP BOOK” to spine. 77 pages of mounted content assembled over roughly seven decades by presumably a Yorkshire family or individual, with locations including Leeds, Bradford (Baildon), and Ripon appearing throughout.
1819 Paradise Lost by JOHN MILTON *SCARCE* Early American Imprint – Sheepskin
Published in Philadelphia in 1819 by Benjamin Warner. Duodecimo (12vo), 5 3/4” x 3”. Do not see another copy by the publisher, for any year, available for sale. “How superior is Milton in the nobility of grief.