B. B. Lehman Presentation Copy
An 1859 second-edition copy in the Waddleton Collection, Cambridge University Library, presented to B. B. Lehman by cousin E. W. Lehman in Philadelphia, May 1865.
Binding Description
Original red publisher’s cloth with a gilt sphinx within two gilt circular bands, gilt outer and shaped inner borders, and blind-stamped corner ornaments. Wear at the spine edge and board edges.
Presentation / Association
B. B. Lehman. / from Cousin E. W. Lehman / Philadelphia / May 1865.
Provenance Chain
E. W. Lehman → B. B. Lehman, May 1865 → Unrecorded intervening ownership → Waddleton Collection, Cambridge University Library
Provenance Narrative
Presented to B. B. Lehman by cousin E. W. Lehman in Philadelphia, May 1865. Later in the Waddleton Collection, Cambridge University Library; intervening ownership is unrecorded.
Copy Notes
The chromolithographic title bears “SECOND EDITION” in red block capitals. Various newspaper cuttings are pasted in.
People in This Copy
Sources and Documentation
Cambridge University Library catalogue record and three copy-specific photographs.
Visual Record
Images: Cambridge University Library.
