PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY:
New York: Leavitt & Co., 1851.
8vo. 430p. Illustrated with a decorated extra title-page printed in colors and gold by T. Sinclair of Philadelphia, engraved portrait of the author, and extra engraved title-page, and 15 full-page emblematic woodcuts. Original publisher's full red embossed leather, a.e.g., the spine and covers very elaborately decorated in gilt, the covers featuring a harp player set within a Victorian frame. Light foxing mostly limited to the engraved frontispiece, very small chip to head of spine, else remarkably bright and well preserved. Item #19403
Colbeck. A Bookman's Catalogue cites the 1838 and an 1852 edition.
This edition in this American binding is quite rare.
Price: $600.00