A SET OF FLOWERS
First edition of this little book of facts about flowers, with charming vernacular repair.
Very good minus.
Price: $75.00
A SET OF FLOWERS
"The Sun-flower is a well known American plant. Some of them have only one large flower in each stalk; others have several small ones."
This copy, with an uncolored paper wrapper, differs from that described in Rosenbach, which features a yellow wrapper (214). The present copy also differs from that described in Welch, which lists addresses for Samuel Wood & Sons in both New York and Baltimore (281). This is a rather scarce little chapbook; we locate only 10 scattered holdings on OCLC. Each page describes an individual flower with its unique characteristics at the level of a child's understanding.
Read more: A. S. W. Rosenbach, Early American Children's Books, item 581; Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker, American Bibliography, item 49401.
The Object
New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, [1819]. Full title: A Set of Flowers, Alphabetically Arranged, for Little Children. 5.25'' x 3''. Original pictorial wrapper with vernacular stitching to spine. Each page with wood engraved flower illustration, some of which have been highlighted with watercolor (likely by a child owner). 24 pages. Contemporary vernacular sewn repairs to spine. Wrappers with some edgewear, a few areas of soil; corners bumped. Leaves with scattered soil, a few pencil marks. A sound survival.
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