The World's Progress: A Dictionary of Dates with Tabular Views of General History.

SIGNED first edition with matching dates, first printing, 1850. Presentation copy from the editor/publisher. Tightly bound in ornate blind-stamped blue cloth. The contents include a very good five-panel, color foldout timeline titled "A Chart of History to accompany the "World's Progress". Rubbing to the covers and splitting to the paper of the inner hinges. The pages show age-toning but are generally unmarked. The front endpaper is lacking and the endpapers show remnants of pasted pieces of paper, writing and scuffs. A good copy only. This copy is from a 19th Century private lending institution, the Mercantile Library of New York City. There are no external indications of the library's ownership. A handwritten number and Mercantile Library stamp are on the title page and some of the internal pages. International shipping and domestic Priority Mail may require added postage charges.