Accession number
PML 6072
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Published
Boston : Thayer and Eldridge, Year 85 of The States (1860-1861) [i.e. ca.1880]
Credit line
Purchased with the Laurens Maynard collection.
Notes
Ed. 3 - pirated issue published by Richard Worthington of N.Y. who purchased the plates on the failure of the publishers.
Frontispiece form 3: signed in the plate "S A Schoff" on white background.
Laid paper; horizontal chain lines.
Last leaf blank.
A two-page autograph commentary on the history of this printing by Laurens Maynard calls Worthington "Slippery Dick!".
Frontispiece form 3: signed in the plate "S A Schoff" on white background.
Laid paper; horizontal chain lines.
Last leaf blank.
A two-page autograph commentary on the history of this printing by Laurens Maynard calls Worthington "Slippery Dick!".
Description
456, [2] p; 20 cm.
Provenance
Laurens Maynard; Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Publisher's deep purplish red morocco-stamped cloth; beveled edges; white endpapers.
Classification
Catalog link
Department