Mrs. William P. Gest Gift Copy
An 1859 second-edition copy in original green cloth with a pasted 1859 copyright slip, the gift of Mrs. William P. Gest to the University of Pennsylvania Library.
Binding Description
Original green publisher’s cloth with a gilt sphinx in a decorated roundel, with stamped borders and corner ornaments.
Presentation / Association
Bookplate: University of Pennsylvania Library, “Gift of Mrs. William P. Gest.”
Provenance Chain
Unrecorded earlier ownership → Mrs. William P. Gest (Isabel Thorne Howell Gest) — gift → University of Pennsylvania Library, shelf mark Sp893 R725 1859 → University of Pennsylvania — Kislak Center for Special Collections
Provenance Narrative
The University of Pennsylvania Library bookplate records the gift of Mrs. William P. Gest. Earlier ownership and the date of the gift are unrecorded.
Copy Notes
A pasted copyright slip reads: “Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1859, by C. R. Hale, S. H. Jones, and H. Morton in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.” The members’ catalog is bound in.
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Sources and Documentation
Six copy photographs, October 2026; Penn Libraries catalog record; University of Pennsylvania Archives, John Barnard Gest Family Papers. Catalog record ↗
Visual Record
Images: copy photographs, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, October 2026.
