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Carte-de-Visite Album of 30 Union Civil War Generals
by CIVIL WAR
- Used
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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United States: Mathew Brady, et al., 1861. CIVIL WAR; GRANT, Ulysses S.. Carte-de-Visite Album of 30 Union Civil War Generals, Including Ulysses S. Grant
[CIVIL WAR]. [GRANT, Ulysses S.]. [Carte-de-Visite Album of 30 Union Civil War Generals. United States: Mathew Brady, et al., n.d.c.a. 1861-1865].
Small octavo album containing 30 individual carte-de-visites of Union generals in the Civil War. (5 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches; 140 x 110 mm). Each mounted within a decorative stiff card frame with gilt border. With 15 leaves and each leaf has a slot for two photographs. Most photos with a publisher's imprint on the back and the name of the general also penciled on the back. Album is contemporary embossed Morocco with two brass clasps. One clasp is broken. Gilt dentelles. Some pages have been reattached at margin, but all are present. Some chipping and wear to head and tale of the spine, but overall very good. A very nice assemblage of vintage photographs of officers from the Union.
The carte-de-visites are as follows, with a note on their publisher and condition (if other than very good):
1. Winfield Scott (D. Appleton). 2. George McClellan (Charles Taber) 3. Ambrose Burnside (Appleton). 4. Michael Corcoran (E. Anthony?). 5. Silas Casey (Charles D. Fredricks). 6. Nathaniel Banks (Appleton). Slightly faded.
7. Ulysses S. Grant (E. Anthony). 8. Henry Halleck (Appleton). 9. Ethan A. Hitchcock (Appleton). 10. Nathaniel Lyon (Appleton). 11. John Pope (E. Anthony from Brady's National Portrait Gallery).
12. Franz Siegel (Appleton) Faded. 13. Robert Anderson (Appleton). Bottom of mount chipped.
14. John Wool (Appleton). 15. William Sprague (Charles D. Fredricks). 16. Group photo of 12 generals (Unknown maker). Faded.
17. Max Weber (Appleton). 18. Frederick W. Lander (Appleton). Lightly faded. 19. Jesse L. Reno (Unknown maker). 20. James Shields (Appleton). 21. Unknown sitter (Beers & Mansfield written on back). 22. Winfield Scott Hancock (E. Anthony for Matthew Brady). 23. Thomas Francis Meagher (Appleton) Bottom of mount chipped.
24. Henry Washington Benham (E. Anthony for Matthew Brady).
25. George Meade (E & H.T. Anthony for Matthew Brady). 26. Egbert Ludovicus Viele (Appleton). 27. Adam J. Slemmer (Appleton). 28. Daniel Butterfield (E. Anthony for Matthew Brady). 29.Charles D. Jameson (E. Anthony for Matthew Brady).Red mark at bottom of photo on mount. 30. Edwin Vose Sumner (Charles D. Fredricks).
HBS 68366.
$2,000.
[CIVIL WAR]. [GRANT, Ulysses S.]. [Carte-de-Visite Album of 30 Union Civil War Generals. United States: Mathew Brady, et al., n.d.c.a. 1861-1865].
Small octavo album containing 30 individual carte-de-visites of Union generals in the Civil War. (5 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches; 140 x 110 mm). Each mounted within a decorative stiff card frame with gilt border. With 15 leaves and each leaf has a slot for two photographs. Most photos with a publisher's imprint on the back and the name of the general also penciled on the back. Album is contemporary embossed Morocco with two brass clasps. One clasp is broken. Gilt dentelles. Some pages have been reattached at margin, but all are present. Some chipping and wear to head and tale of the spine, but overall very good. A very nice assemblage of vintage photographs of officers from the Union.
The carte-de-visites are as follows, with a note on their publisher and condition (if other than very good):
1. Winfield Scott (D. Appleton). 2. George McClellan (Charles Taber) 3. Ambrose Burnside (Appleton). 4. Michael Corcoran (E. Anthony?). 5. Silas Casey (Charles D. Fredricks). 6. Nathaniel Banks (Appleton). Slightly faded.
7. Ulysses S. Grant (E. Anthony). 8. Henry Halleck (Appleton). 9. Ethan A. Hitchcock (Appleton). 10. Nathaniel Lyon (Appleton). 11. John Pope (E. Anthony from Brady's National Portrait Gallery).
12. Franz Siegel (Appleton) Faded. 13. Robert Anderson (Appleton). Bottom of mount chipped.
14. John Wool (Appleton). 15. William Sprague (Charles D. Fredricks). 16. Group photo of 12 generals (Unknown maker). Faded.
17. Max Weber (Appleton). 18. Frederick W. Lander (Appleton). Lightly faded. 19. Jesse L. Reno (Unknown maker). 20. James Shields (Appleton). 21. Unknown sitter (Beers & Mansfield written on back). 22. Winfield Scott Hancock (E. Anthony for Matthew Brady). 23. Thomas Francis Meagher (Appleton) Bottom of mount chipped.
24. Henry Washington Benham (E. Anthony for Matthew Brady).
25. George Meade (E & H.T. Anthony for Matthew Brady). 26. Egbert Ludovicus Viele (Appleton). 27. Adam J. Slemmer (Appleton). 28. Daniel Butterfield (E. Anthony for Matthew Brady). 29.Charles D. Jameson (E. Anthony for Matthew Brady).Red mark at bottom of photo on mount. 30. Edwin Vose Sumner (Charles D. Fredricks).
HBS 68366.
$2,000.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68366
- Title
- Carte-de-Visite Album of 30 Union Civil War Generals
- Author
- CIVIL WAR
- Illustrator
- CIVIL WAR; GRANT, Ulysses S.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Mathew Brady, et al.
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1861
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Civil War|Americana|Photography
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About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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