Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
(800) 937-3880
SELL

Lot #548
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Greenleaf Whittier

This lot has closed

Estimate: $200+
Sell a Similar Item?
Share:  

Description

Attractive leather-bound 'Floral Album' autograph book, 7.5 x 4.75, signed inside on separate pages in black ink, "Henry W. Longfellow, Dec'r 31, 1881" and "John G. Whittier, 8 Mo. 23, 1883." The balance of the book includes a handful of notable New England artists, writers, and thinkers, such as: Charlotte Fiske Bates, a writer and editor who helped Longfellow compile his Poems of Places, and Impressionist painter Milton Herbert Bancroft, who adds a small landscape sketch. In fine condition.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #560 - Ended July 10, 2019