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A MEMORIAL OF ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.D., THE FIRST ENGRAVER OF WOOD IN AMERICA. READ BEFORE THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OCT. 5, 1870.
Lossing, Benson. J.

- New York : Printed for the Subscribers 1872 - small 4to. - contemporary half-red morocco, spine gilt, five raised bands, top edge gilt. - Portrait frontispiece; (vi), 107 pages - Order Nr. 80863 - Price: $ 460.00 View Slideshow (requires Flash Player 9)

First edition. With 38 plates and other illustrations in text. A scarce and interesting work, well illustrated with examples of Anderson's ouevre. Bewick was avowedly a seminal influence and several of the plates show Anderson's engravings after Bewick. An Appendix contains an autobiographical sketch of Anderson (1775-1869) written in 1848 at the age of 73. Blank top portion of half-title excised, appendix a little spotted.

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