Charming and extensive autograph album, 8 x 4.5, ca. 1875 - 1886, with elaborate gilt-tooled cover containing over 200 pages of tipped in art, poetry, pressed flowers, cards, as well as poetry and original art directly on the pages. This is a “memory book” for Alice M. B. Cordiero (died March 28, 1875). Entries span more than a decade, from Alice’s death to about 1886, mostly from the Boston-Dedham-Roxbury area. Signatures include: Wendell Phillips; L. M. Alcott; Louis Agassiz; Lucretia Hale; Edward E. Hale; Julia Ward Howe (with a stanza from Battle Hymn); Henry W. Longfellow (with a short poem); John G. Whittier (with a poem); Oliver Wendell Holmes (with three stanza poem); William Lloyd Garrison (with inscription). There are several samples of highly accomplished and beautiful artwork. Front hinge separated, spine starting to pull away from pages (easily repaired) otherwise very good condition. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
