American Families. Genealogical and Biographical from Most Authentic Sources Including Much Valuable Material Drawn From Hitherto Unpublished Family Records with Accurate Reproduction and Description of Ancient Emblazonry Compiled by Masters of Genealogic and Heraldic Science.

American Families. Genealogical and Biographical from Most Authentic Sources Including Much Valuable Material Drawn From Hitherto Unpublished Family Records with Accurate Reproduction and Description of Ancient Emblazonry Compiled by Masters of Genealogic and Heraldic Science.

Author(s): The American Historical Society, Inc.

Folio. (9.75" x 12.125") Full navy leather with heavy gilt and red inlay for decorative frame surrounding heavy gilt armorial device with gilt "Lippincott" below crest. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title in gilt rule framed second compartment, gilt subtitle in gilt framed third compartment, heavy gilt floral devices centered to each other compartment with lacy gilt frames and gilt double rule. Single gilt rule to head and foot of spine. Rear cover with red inlay and heavy gilt decoration frame, with no crest within. Doublure cover with red calf panel framed in blue leather with multiple gilt rule and gilt floral rule corners. Navy blue moire endpapers. Stamped in black ink inside of front free flyleaf is the attestation "Edition De Luxe. Limited to Fifty Numbered and Registered Volumes. No. 23" Over 900 individual among 86 American Family Names with 60 full page plates of photographs or Armorial Crests. All edges gilt, navy moire endpapers with leather doublure pastedowns (see pic). A large, beautiful book.

[Description from Raptis Rare Books of a similar copy they sold, #20] Limited De Luxe edition of this genealogical record of the prominent American families. Quarto, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, triple gilt ruling to the panels, inner dentelles, watered silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, hand-painted title page, engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and initials, profusely illustrated with tissue-guarded engraved portraits and hand-painted heraldic coats of arms. One of 50 numbered and registered copies, this is number 20. In near fine condition. The volume includes biographies and genealogies of American families Wilbur, Abbott, Brodhead, Linderman, Shimer, Packer, Curtis, Palmer, Conant, Long, Buckner, Taliaferro, Barker, Ridgely, Shumway, Beach, Alden, Mullins, Gould, Nichols, Case, Smith, Spooner, Chapin, Pettibone, Peabody, Clarke, Bouton, Cilley, Raymond, Benedict, Stevenson, de Quincey, Berry, Dwight, Morse, Sherrard, Lodge, Hoyt, Griggs, Bartholomew, Barnett, Shaffer, Nash, Warner, Pennell, Whiton, Parker, King, Lawrence, Blake, Clapp, Moulton, Stoughton, Hull, Beckwith, Hurd, Gilman, Graves, Wyeth, Ward, Renick, Borton, Savage, Tisdale, Barnum, Burt, Graham, Drummond, Ruthven, Carnegie, Morris, Walker, Wolcott, Williams, Weare, Proctor, Dean, Cogswell, Warner, Low, Perkins, Merrill, Henderson, Mather, Matz, Thorne, Frost, Francis, Merritt, Rambo, Broadhurst, Currie, Ross, Williams, Pott, Walker, Jerman, Price, Bear, Long, Meier, Kaiser, Bonner, Woestman, Meyer, Hixon, Brown, Bond, Scudder, Davidson and Bliss. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable. [again, a similar book, not the exact book.]

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