Title: A Memorial Lincoln Bibliography: Being an Account of Books, Eulogies, Sermons, Portraits, Engravings, Medals, etc., Published upon Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States, Assassinated Good Friday, April 14, 1865. Comprising a Collection in Possession of the Compiler, Andrew Boyd Author: Boyd, Andrew & Charles Henry Hart Place: Albany, NY Publisher: Andrew Boyd Date: 1870 Description: 2 parts in 1. [8], 175 pp. With 3 mounted albumen photographs, of a painting of Abraham Lincoln by William E. Marshall of the original manuscript of the Emancipation Proclamation, and of a plaster cast of Lincoln's right hand. (Large 8vo) 26.5x18 cm. (10½x7"), period (original?) cloth. First Edition. Rare, almost legendary, bibliography of Lincolniana, concentrating on eulogies and memorial publications issued shortly after the assassination of the president, but also including wartime speeches, sheet music, portraits, engravings, etc. Finely printed on large paper, with only about 125 copies produced, a money-losing proposition for the compilers, since they were sold for only $3 a copy. Andrew Boyd and Charles Henry Hart were both young admirers of Abraham Lincoln, the former most noted as a compiler and publisher of directories in New York and New England. They spent five, at times acrimonious, years compiling the present work. Boyd contributed the first part, as well as a short "Preliminary Egotism" which was his trademark in his directories and a 6-page eulogy. The second part, comprising pp. 88-175, was the work of Hart, and he also wrote a 16-page biographical introduction on Lincoln. Only a single copy of this work has appeared at auction in more than 30 years. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities worn, rear hinge cracked; very good. Item number: 222746
Title: A Memorial Lincoln Bibliography: Being an Account of Books, Eulogies, Sermons, Portraits, Engravings, Medals, etc., Published upon Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States, Assassinated Good Friday, April 14, 1865. Comprising a Collection in Possession of the Compiler, Andrew Boyd Author: Boyd, Andrew & Charles Henry Hart Place: Albany, NY Publisher: Andrew Boyd Date: 1870 Description: 2 parts in 1. [8], 175 pp. With 3 mounted albumen photographs, of a painting of Abraham Lincoln by William E. Marshall of the original manuscript of the Emancipation Proclamation, and of a plaster cast of Lincoln's right hand. (Large 8vo) 26.5x18 cm. (10½x7"), period (original?) cloth. First Edition. Rare, almost legendary, bibliography of Lincolniana, concentrating on eulogies and memorial publications issued shortly after the assassination of the president, but also including wartime speeches, sheet music, portraits, engravings, etc. Finely printed on large paper, with only about 125 copies produced, a money-losing proposition for the compilers, since they were sold for only $3 a copy. Andrew Boyd and Charles Henry Hart were both young admirers of Abraham Lincoln, the former most noted as a compiler and publisher of directories in New York and New England. They spent five, at times acrimonious, years compiling the present work. Boyd contributed the first part, as well as a short "Preliminary Egotism" which was his trademark in his directories and a 6-page eulogy. The second part, comprising pp. 88-175, was the work of Hart, and he also wrote a 16-page biographical introduction on Lincoln. Only a single copy of this work has appeared at auction in more than 30 years. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities worn, rear hinge cracked; very good. Item number: 222746
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