FORGET ME NOT; A Christmas, New Year's, and Birthday Present, for MDCCCXXXVIII
London: Ackermann and Co., 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Princess Louise of Prussia (1808-70), a princess of the Netherlands as the wife of Prince Frederick, with her ink stamp to the title page. The sixteenth volume in the series, with contributions by Mary Anne Browne, Lydia Sigourney, Mary Howitt, Isabell Hill, and others. 12mo: 360, [12, ads] pp. with a presentation plate, a frontispiece, and 9 plates, all steel engravings with tissue guards. In the publisher's crimson morocco binding, with blind-stamped ruled border and arabesque scrollwork; gilt-stamped titling, floral devices, and ornamental surround, and yellow coated endpapers. All edges gilt. The spine is a touch faded; else near fine. Faxon 1315. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. Near fine. Item #78363
Price: $250.00