University of Southern Maine Copy
An 1859 second-edition copy in original brown cloth from the Albert A. Howard Book History Collection, with the bound-in 1859 membership catalog.
Binding Description
Original brown publisher’s cloth with gilt sphinxes and blind-stamped circular bands, borders, and corner ornaments on both boards. Gilt Rosetta Stone spine label; the spine cloth is lighter in tone than the boards. Peach endpapers.
Provenance Chain
Unrecorded earlier ownership → Albert A. Howard — gift, Albert A. Howard Book History Collection → University of Southern Maine — Special Collections, Glickman Family Library
Provenance Narrative
Given by Albert A. Howard (1930–2017) to the University of Southern Maine as part of the Albert A. Howard Book History Collection; the catalog dates his gifts 2004–2017 and records an accompanying bookseller’s description. Earlier ownership is unrecorded.
Copy Notes
The title bears the second-edition statement. The separately printed 1859 membership catalog is bound in. A later pencil cataloger’s note cites Blackmer no. 775 and Henry Morton’s chromolithographs. No inscriptions are recorded.
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Sources and Documentation
University of Southern Maine Special Collections copy photographs, October 2026; USM catalog record. Catalog record ↗
Visual Record
Courtesy of the Albert A. Howard Book History Collection, Special Collections, University of Southern Maine.
