The Universal Scrap Book

Item Details

Circa 1878, Hardcover

Very Good

Circa 1878. 4to. Very good. Scrap book that belonged to Georgina Lewis (Weis). Beautiful exterior with gilt title, decoration in black, and a full color illustration to front board. Embossed decoration to rear board. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Minor rubbing and soiling. Two bookplates to front pastedown along with a note written by Georgina's grandson describing her and explaining how he inherited the book. Filled with beautiful illustrations in both black and white and full color. 94 pages with only a few left blank. Varying levels of foxing and browning to illustrations, though most remain quite clean. Paper is somewhat brittle with edge wear to several pages throughout which does not affect the illustrations. Binding is shaken but secure. More photos available.