Imprint: Boston. : Published by Charles Bowen., MDCCCXXXVI. [1836]

Description: viii, [1], 10-360 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.

Notes: Plates engraved by E. Gallaudet, J. Cheney, V. Balch,
Joseph Andrews, J.B. Neagle, G.B. Ellis, S.W. Cheney,
and James Smillie after G.L. Brown, F. Alexander, W.
Allston, T. Birch, W. Croome, A. Fisher, S.S. Osgood, T.
Doughty, and R.W. Weir. Plates printed by R. Andrews, D.
Stevens, and A. King.
Copyright 1835 by Charles Bowen.
"Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson, printer, 52, Washington
Street."--verso of title page.
With an added engraved title page.
Binding signed in top panel of spine: Wells.

References: Checklist Amer. imprints 40567
Wolf, E. Amer. embossed leather bindings, 139

Local Note(s): American Antiquarian Society copy the gift of Michael
Ppantonio, 1975. Has bookplate: Maxwell of Polloc.

Genre(s): Gift books--1836.
Intaglio prints.
Leather bindings (Binding).
Embossed leather bindings (Binding)--1836.
Gold tooled leather (Binding).
Gilt edges (Binding).

Other Author(s): Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860.

Printer/Publisher(s):
Bowen, Charles, publisher, publisher.
Dickinson, Samuel N. (Samuel Nelson), 1801-1848, printer.
Andrews, Robert, d. 1856 or 7, printer of plates.
Stevens, David, printer of plates.
King, Aaron, printer of plates.
Wells, Charles A., binder.

Illustrator/Lithographer(s):
Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889, ill.
Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880, ill.
Allston, Washington, 1779-1843, ill.
Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851, ill.
Croome, William, 1790-1860, ill.
Fisher, Abraham, ill.
Osgood, Samuel Stillman, 1808-1885, ill.
Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856, ill.
Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889, ill.
Gallaudet, Edward, 1809-1847, engraver.
Cheney, John, 1801-1885, engraver.
Balch, Vistus, 1799-1884, engraver.
Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1873, engraver.
Neagle, John B., ca. 1796-1866, engraver.
Ellis, George B., engraver.
Cheney, Seth Wells, 1810-1856, ill.
Smillie, James, 1807-1885, engraver.

Former Owner/Donor(s):
Papantonio, Michael, donor.
Maxwell, Hannah Anne Gardiner, Lady, d. 1841, former
owner.
Maxwell, Harriet, former owner.

Primary Material: Book

Call number(s): Bindings Coll.

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