American Autograph Album Illustrated Scenes c. 1885 Pictorial Souvenir Book

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Souvenir Albums, Autograph Books, Illustrated Books).

Album.
Published 1885, Boston (?).
c. 100 pages. Illustrated throughout with seven full page color lithos, the front endpaper has a nice ornate penmanship bird drawn on it. Overwhelming majority of pages blank (about 5 have early autographs).

Publisher's cloth binding, pictorial embossed cover decorations, spine ornately stamped in black patterned urn and geometrical designs, oblong format. Color lithographed title leaf plus six other plates.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this autograph book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 5" H x 7 3/4" W.

[B9513].