Columbia University — Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Binding Description

Original Brown publisher’s cloth with gilt sphinxes, decorated circular bands, and blind-stamped borders and corner ornaments on both boards. Gilt Rosetta Stone spine title; wear at the joints and board edges.

Provenance

Aaron W. Berg’s bequest bookplate records the gift to Columbia following his death in 1978. Earlier ownership is unrecorded.

Provenance Chain

• Unrecorded earlier ownership
• Aaron W. Berg
• Columbia University — Rare Book & Manuscript Library (bequest)

Copy Notes

• The 1859 membership catalogue and adjacent pencilled cataloguing notes survive. The Berg bequest bookplate records the gift to Columbia.
• The title carries red block-capital SECOND EDITION.

Evidence and Documentation

Columbia copy photographs, repository documentation, and CLIO catalog record 7779950, July–September 2026