Individual census record · S062

Harry G. Stoddard Memorial Fund Copy

Harry G. Stoddard Memorial Fund Copy: an 1859 second-edition copy at the American Antiquarian Society, with original publisher’s cloth and copy-specific acquisition evidence.

RepositoryAmerican Antiquarian Society

LocationWorcester, Massachusetts

Shelfmark / Call NumberZ865.R425.R859 (copy 3)

BindingBrown

Binding statusOriginal binding retained

Binding Description

Original brown publisher’s cloth with a gilt sphinx and additional gilt circular bands, border, and corner ornaments. The decorated spine covering survives.

Provenance Chain

Unrecorded earlier ownership → The Vetches — purchase source recorded July 23, 1996 → American Antiquarian Society — acquired through the Stoddard Fund

Provenance

A Harry G. Stoddard Memorial Fund bookplate identifies the acquisition fund. The purchase notation reads “The Vetches / 23 July 1996 / Stoddard Fund.” Earlier ownership is unrecorded.

Copy Notes

The illustrated title identifies the second edition, 1859.
The second-edition resolution is dated January 21, 1859.

Evidence and Documentation

American Antiquarian Society copy 3 photographs; catalogue record 200271; shelfmark Z865.R425.R859 (copy 3). AAS catalogue ↗

People in This Copy

Harry G. Stoddard

S062: Original brown cloth front binding with gilt bands and border

Photographs of S062

Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society.

Original brown cloth front binding with gilt bands and border

Harry G. Stoddard Memorial Fund bookplate

Purchase notation: The Vetches, July 23, 1996, Stoddard Fund

Illustrated title page identifying the 1859 second edition

Committee names and January 21, 1859 second-edition resolution

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