(Fillmore's Copy) The Psalmist; A New Collection of Hymns for the Use of Baptist Churches

Caroline Carmichael Fillmore (1813-1881); Baron Stow; Samuel Francis Smith, Richard Fuller, Jeremiah Bell Jeter

Published by Gould and Lincoln; American Baptist publication society; [etc.], Boston, Philadelphia, 1854

About this Item

"Filmore" in gold on front cover. Rich burgundy morocco leather boards, gilt embossed with floral and foliate patterns and a gilt text block. Beautifully intact and strong binding. A small tear to the top of page 223. Overall light toning of the interior pages, else near fine. 4.125" x 6.375" x 1.5". 16mo. 804pp. Lacks rear (blank yellow) end page. A Baptist supplemental religious text once personally owned and used by Caroline C. Fillmore (1813-1881), second wife of 13th U.S. President Millard Fillmore (1800-1874). Signed Caroline C. Fillmore, Buffalo, 1860. She married Millard Fillmore in 1858 in Albany. They lived for 16 years in a mansion in Niagara Square, Buffalo. She is buried next to President Fillmore. Signed and dated by Caroline Fillmore as "Caroline C. Fillmore / Buffalo - 1860" on the front endpaper. The customized front cover is gilt embossed "FILLMORE" in the center of a multilobed tooled cartouche. Deaccessioned from the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Library, the institution founded by Millard and Abigail Fillmore. Provenance sound.

Seller Inventory # 2607020102

Bibliographic Details

• Title: (Fillmore's Copy) The Psalmist; A New Collection of Hymns for the Use of Baptist Churches
• Publisher: Gould and Lincoln; American Baptist publication society; [etc.], Boston, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1854
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion and Theology