1850 Presidents US Edwin Williams Gilt Covers Detached+1850 Baltimore Program

Description

1850 Americana Book + Ephemera

Original 1850 edition of The Presidents of the United States: Their Memoirs and Administrations by Edwin Williams, published by Edward Walker, New York.

Book Details:

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Original 1850 printing

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Twelve steel-engraved presidential portraits

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Decorative gilt covers: front with Washington Receiving His Commission, rear with gilt vignette of arms and banners

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Historical contents: Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Articles of Confederation, presidential inaugurations through Zachary Taylor, congressional records, state constitutions, and more

Included Ephemera:

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Original folded handbill/program, “Distribution of Premiums at the Academy of the Visitation in Baltimore, July 17th, 1850”

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Lists academic awards and musical performances

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In remarkable condition, with period handwritten notations (“Managers, Misses Desilver Barry”)

✨ Condition:

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Both covers detached, spine with significant w