Creator
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Title
Reverend C. W. Everest. The Moss-Rose: For a Friend. Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 1847; J. M. Fletcher, ed. The Golden Gift: A Token for All Seasons. Hartford: Brockett, Fuller & Co., 1848; Anna Ferguson. The Young Lady. Lowell: Nathaniel L. Dayton, 1848. Gift of Vincent Golden.
Description
These three American 19th-century miniature books are each bound in cloth printed with a distinctive striped pattern—textiles probably intended for dressmaking or for use in domestic furnishing. It may come as no surprise then that each of these three volumes were produced as gift books largely intended for women readers. The Young Lady, which specifically addresses “youthful females” in its preface, contains the following gift inscription in pencil: “Martha Chase | Take this as a gift | from a friend | George W. White.”
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School