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Comic Natural History of the Human Race
by Henry L. Stephens. Lithography by L. Rosenthal
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Samuel Robinson. Color lithography by Rosenthal. , 1851. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus. N.d., 1851. Large 8vo. 216 pp. 38, of 40, chromolithographs, and these have hand-colored touch-ups. Missing the Alm's House Bird and the Frontis. The plates and accompanying sketches lampoon various well-known Philadelphia figures of the day. While most of the personages may now be obscure, a knowledge of them is not a prerequisite for enjoying the droll illustrations and the mock scholarship of the text describing the particular pseudo-species depicted. Ex-lib, with indicia the buckram cloth binding, the library call number lower spine, a library bookplate on FEP and a mounted check out slip on RFEP. Happily none of the text pages nor plates have any library markings. The pages are heavily age toned, with occasional fox marks and light soil marks. Plates, other than the toning, generally clean. Cracked hinge.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006469
- Title
- Comic Natural History of the Human Race
- Author
- Henry L. Stephens. Lithography by L. Rosenthal
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Samuel Robinson. Color lithography by Rosenthal.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1851
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- RFEP
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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