THE HISTORY AND POETRY OF FINGER RINGS
New York: Redfield, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. Small Octavo. Very Good+. Item #4302
Color frontispiece, 239pp., (12)pp. ads at rear.textual illustrations. Bound in publisher's light maroon cloth, spine gilt and evenly sunned to tan extending a bit to rear board; contemporary owner's name in pencil to front free endpaper, and small owner's stamp to next endpaper; internally clean and bright, binding clean with sharp corners. A very good+ copy. Interesting history of the ring, its symbolic uses.
Price: $140.00
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