Photo-Illustrated Books & Photography Albums
American Notes and Queries. Nos. 1-4 (all published). Philadelphia: W. Brotherhead, 1857.
4 issues in one volume, 8vo (204 x 153 mm). 160pp. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF 5 SALT PRINTS OF PROMINENT PHILADELPHIANS. Additionally EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the inclusion of 53 engraved portraits and scenes. With hand-lettered calligraphic title and title-page. 19th-century green morocco gilt (some light rubbing to joints and extremities).
A UNIQUE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY OF A PERIODICAL ABOUT COLLECTORS OF ILLUSTRATED AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
WITH 5 ORIGINAL SALT PRINTS depicting collectors John Allan of New York, Dr. Leonard R. Koecker of Philadelphia, John R. and Charles C. Moreau of New York, and F. J. Dreer of Philadelphia, each described by the author in the text.
John Allan, New York: "His collection of illustrated books amounts to over a hundred volumes--many of extraordinary beauty and value, and the work of his own hands," including several extra-illustrated works in his collection, most of which contain "several hundred plates, all inlaid in the neatest possible manner" (p.17).
Dr. Leonard R. Koecker, Philadelphia: "In connection with such a fine collection of engravings, the Doctor confessedly stands at the head of Book Illustrators in this country. There may be men who have more illustrated books; there are none that can equal him in inlaying a portrait, or in repairing, or in mounting, neither in this country nor in England" (p.50).
John R. Moreau, Charles C. Moreau, New York: "One of the Brothers Moreau has collected for his Life of Washington over one hundred and fifty different portraits of Washington. This is industry, and we hope that many of our New York friends will be stimulated by such praiseworthy exertions and try to excel the Brothers Moreau" (p.50).
F. J. Dreer, Philadelphia: "We had the pleasure, a few days ago, of examining the extensive and unique collection of autographs in the possession of our esteemed townsman, F. J. Dreer, Esq. To an antiquarian, such a collection offers charms that language fails to express" (p.138).
The engraved portraits and scenes depict George Washington, William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Burns, Aaron Burr, Nathaniel Green, William Hogarth, Robert Morris, Robert Southey, Thomas Pain, Elizabeth Canning, Thomas Jefferson, Pennsylvania Hospital, Schuylkill Water Works, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, the Delaware Water Gap, and others. Sabin 1168 ("The work died, as it deserved, at the fourth number").
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
