Decorative embossed leather gift book c.1849 Orations Poetry Moral Religious Nevada 456 (noting variant language editions

456 (noting variant language editions

allegories

edges of one sheet frayed and splitting

Illustrated throughout with hand colored woodcut illustrations

including nice pictorial advertising section at the rear

Decorative embossed leather gift book c.1849 Orations Poetry Moral Religious Nevada 456 (noting variant language editions[Old Books, Leather Books, Poetry, Religion, Christianity, Decorative Leather Bindings]. Orations and Poetry, on Moral and Religious Subjects, by Roswell Rice, Esq. Published c. 1849, Albany by C. van Benthuysen. 367 pages. Text in English. Wood engraved frontis portrait. Period full embossed leather binding, smooth spine, gilt spine decorations and title lettering, geometric and floral scroll border patterns concentrically embossed on both covers.