Accession number:
PML 88764
Published:
New York : James G. Gregory, 46, Walker Street, M.DCCC.LXIV [1864]
Description:
[38] p. : ill., col. front., music (engravings) ; 23.5 x 17.5 cm
Credit:
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes:
"Christ was born on Christmas Day, Music by Rev. Thomas Helmore, Words by Rev. J.M. Neale"--p. [35-36]
"Major Gen. Phillip H. Sheridan. 2L.S.N. Christmas 1864."--inscription in black ink on p. [1]
"Printed by C.A. Alvord, New York"--verso of t.p.
Color frontispiece signed N. Orr-Co.; twelve monochrome illustrations, variously signed Bobbett-Hooper, J.A. Hows, Kinnersley sc., and N. Orr & Co. sc.
Half-title printed in red and green.
Binding:
Publisher's full green leather blocked in gold, black, and blind; with diaper grain white doublures and gold-tooled turn-ins.
Variant Title:
Christmas carol
Provenance:
Phillip H. Sheridan, inscription; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
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