The Mourner's Friend: Or, Sighs of Sympathy for Those Who Sorrow
Book
180 p., [1] plate
Tissue guarded frontis of Laurel Hill Cemetery. Owner's name and date, 1857. A compilation of prose and poetry written by American authors, intended for mourners.
2019.4.27
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1850sGift book
6-1/4 in
4 in
Worcester
Massachusetts
United States
North America
1852
John D. Flagg
Andover
Massachusetts
United States
North America
Publisher's Binding
Attractive gift book/literary annual bound in a diagonally-ribbed dark teal cloth with identical front and rear gilt decorations of multiple ruled borders with a central stamped vignette depicting a grieving woman standing by a tall cemetery monument with an urn of ashes. Fill spine gilt stamping. All edges gilt.