Sacred Album

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Published by J. C. Riker, New York

About this Item

Sacred Album. New York: J. C. Riker. [n. D. ca 1850-1870s](200 x 160mm) Unpaginated. Approximately half of the blank pages have been inscribed with notes to owner, dated from 1871-1879. Includes publisher's engraved illustrations. Bound in leather stamped with floral motifs on front and back, front decorated with gilt vignette and title in gilt 19th century lettering, spine decorated and titled 'Album'. Bumping to endbands and edges. Overall GOOD condition. Over the course of nearly a decade, from 1871 to 1879, Alice, also called Allie, collected notes from friends from around Upstate New York and Connecticut. Curiously, occasionally the dates are preceded by the word 'Delhi, ' even though a place had already been noted. Most of the notes Allie received included overtly Christian messages. From Ithica, N. Y., Mrs. L. C. Fervers "Although we have had but a short acquaintance I trust we are friends"- a remark unusually devoid of religious flavor and mysterious. The album is approximately half full of these various autographs.

Seller Inventory # 638

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sacred Album
• Publisher: J. C. Riker, New York
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good