The Mourner's Friend: Or, Sighs of Sympathy for Those Who Sorrow

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Mourner's Friend: Or, Sighs of Sympathy for Those Who Sorrow

Entry/Object ID

2019.4.27

Description

180 p., [1] plate Tissue guarded frontis of Laurel Hill Cemetery. Owner's name and date, 1857. A compilation of prose and poetry written by American authors, intended for mourners.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1850s, Gift book

Dimensions

Height

6-1/4 in

Width

4 in

Book Details

Editor

J.B. Syme

Publisher

S.A. Howland

Place Published

City

Worcester

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1852

Printer

John D. Flagg

Place Printed

City

Andover

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Attractive gift book/literary annual bound in a diagonally-ribbed dark teal cloth with identical front and rear gilt decorations of multiple ruled borders with a central stamped vignette depicting a grieving woman standing by a tall cemetery monument with an urn of ashes. Fill spine gilt stamping. All edges gilt.