'93; Easter Greetings.
by (PHOTOGRAPHY: UPSTATE NEW YORK)
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: N.p., 1893. An elaborate Easter greeting for 1893. Homemade string tied Easter card with 8 stiff leaves measuring 15 x 11 1/2 inches. Each leaf with pressed flora of the region and an original photograph (the photographs are all trimmed into shapes of which the meaning is lost and are all outlined in gilt). The title leaf (done on even thicker paper) is calligraphic and with pressed flowers and reads as above. The following leaves are as follows; "Totman's Gulf; Lorraine" and bears a large cyanotype of a waterfall surrounded by pressed flora; "Lover's Walk; Sylvan Beach" with a large cyanotype of a forested trail with a pug sitting in the middle, surrounded by pressed flora; "Lorraine Gulf" with a large cyanotype of a bridge over a river, surrounded by pressed flora; "Salmon River" with a large cyanotype of a bend in the river, surrounded by pressed flora: "Lake of the Isles, St. Lawrence River" with a large albumen showing a canoe on the lake, surrounded by pressed flora; "In the Canadian Channel., River St. Lawrence" with a large albumen showing what appears a flooded channel, surrounded by pressed flora: Sanint Lawrence River" with an abumen photograph of a shack of the riverbank, surrounded by pressed flora. Some of the flora have fallen away and the front cover has two addition holes (purpose unknown). A charming glimpse into handmade sentiments in the 19th century. One can almost hear a mother telling her teenage children to make a specially nice card for grandma this Easter. And they put a lot of effort into this.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74149
- Title
- '93; Easter Greetings.
- Author
- (PHOTOGRAPHY: UPSTATE NEW YORK)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...