Accession number
PML 196474
Published
New York : Published by the Century Association, M.DCC.LXV. [1865]
Notes
"In J.P.M. catalogue 1883."
"Mr. Bryant's reply to Mr. Bancroft," p. 9-13, and remarks, p. 42.
"Only one hundred and fifty copies printed."--Verso of title page.
Also published in a small paper edition without illustrations. Cf. BAL 1692.
Copyright 1864 by the Century Association.
Includes poems, letters, and speeches in honor of William Cullen Bryant read at his 70th birthday celebration at the Century Association, N.Y. Among those who paid tribute to Bryant were George Bancroft, president of the Century Association, Bayard Taylor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Julia Ward Howe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and John Greenleaf Whittier.
No. 127 of 150 copies.
T.p. and verso printed in red and black.
The illustrations include a headpiece on p. [3] signed "Anthony-Davis NY" (apparently a collaboration between A.V.S. Anthony and J.P. Davis), photographs and engravings. Only plates 15, 16, 19 and 22 are signed; engraved by H.W. Smith, S.A. Schoff, J. Cheney, and J.B. Forrest after S.W. Rowse, C.L. Elliott, and W.R. Miller.
"Mr. Bryant's reply to Mr. Bancroft," p. 9-13, and remarks, p. 42.
"Only one hundred and fifty copies printed."--Verso of title page.
Also published in a small paper edition without illustrations. Cf. BAL 1692.
Copyright 1864 by the Century Association.
Includes poems, letters, and speeches in honor of William Cullen Bryant read at his 70th birthday celebration at the Century Association, N.Y. Among those who paid tribute to Bryant were George Bancroft, president of the Century Association, Bayard Taylor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Julia Ward Howe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and John Greenleaf Whittier.
No. 127 of 150 copies.
T.p. and verso printed in red and black.
The illustrations include a headpiece on p. [3] signed "Anthony-Davis NY" (apparently a collaboration between A.V.S. Anthony and J.P. Davis), photographs and engravings. Only plates 15, 16, 19 and 22 are signed; engraved by H.W. Smith, S.A. Schoff, J. Cheney, and J.B. Forrest after S.W. Rowse, C.L. Elliott, and W.R. Miller.
Description
88 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill., mounted photographs; ports. ; 31 cm
Binding
Half green morocco.
Classification
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