New York: J. & J. Harper / Harper and Brothers, 1834 / 1835.
Price: $250.00
Hardcover. An incomplete set across two editions (both stated as "Harper's Stereotype Edition"), but without any repeating content, totaling four volumes (The Family Library No. 18, 19, 66, 67). Octavo. All volumes in decorative green cloth boards embossed with an elaborate floral design that continues along the spine, which is also lettered in gilt, with "S. Taylor" in gilt at the foot. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece portrait of an artist. All ex-library from the Lyman Allyn Museum's Laurence W. Miner Collection with library book plate on the front pastedowns and punch-stamp on the title pages and occasionally within the text, all with scattered foxing throughout, rubbing to the boards and spines, light sunning to the spines, and bumping to the corners, overall a good or better set. No. 66 features a page of "Recommendations of the *Family Library* featuring blurbs praising the series. Features artists such as William Blake, Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Anne Seymour Damer, and many more. An incomplete but charming set that features no overlapping content, allowing it to still serve as a valuable reference.
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