Rural hours, by a lady
New York, NY: George P. Putnam, 1851. First illustrated edition. Blue publisher's gilt pictorial cloth binding decorated on all sides; repacked with original spine laid down. All edges guild; end papers renewed.
6.5"x8.5" pp. 521, first illustrated edition complete with 21 hand-colored lithographed natural history plates of birds or botanical specimens, including the additional title, all present with tissue guards. Slightly worn; lightly foxed. This is the first book of the eldest daughter of James Fenimore Cooper, and is "a naturalist's diary of two years spent in the vicinity of Lake George, N.Y." (Foley, p. 63).
Price: $750.00
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