Accession number
PML 19926-30
Creator
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Published
New York : G. P. Putnam & co., 1855-1859.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. James T. Fields, 1910.
Notes
Imprint title page for vols. 1 and 2, dated 1855. Imprint title page for vol. 3, dated 1856. Imprint tite-page for vol. 4, dated 1857. Imprint title page for vol. 5, dated 1859.
"[I]ssued in six formats as follows:" Octavo Edition (leaf 9 5/16" tall); Twelvemo Edition (leaf 7 3/8" scant tall); Illustrated Edition (leaf 10 3/4" tall); Large Paper Edition, sometimes referred to as Quarto Edition (leaf 12 13/16" tall); Sunnyside Edition (leaf 7 1/2" tall); Mount Vernon Edition.--cf. BAL
"Of the edition in quarto, One hundred and ten copies only are printed. [signed] R. Craighead, Printer." -- on verso of title page.
PML copy is Quarto Edition.
"[I]ssued in six formats as follows:" Octavo Edition (leaf 9 5/16" tall); Twelvemo Edition (leaf 7 3/8" scant tall); Illustrated Edition (leaf 10 3/4" tall); Large Paper Edition, sometimes referred to as Quarto Edition (leaf 12 13/16" tall); Sunnyside Edition (leaf 7 1/2" tall); Mount Vernon Edition.--cf. BAL
"Of the edition in quarto, One hundred and ten copies only are printed. [signed] R. Craighead, Printer." -- on verso of title page.
PML copy is Quarto Edition.
Description
5 volumes, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps, portraits, facsimile 30 cm
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of Annie (Mrs. James T.) Fields, 1910.
Classification
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