Vol. 3 published by John Doughty

Engraved t.p.'s, dated 1830 (v. 1); 1832 (v. 2); and 1833 (v. 3)

Plates illustrated by T. Doughty, Rembrandt Peale, and others; engravers include W.E. Tucker, Sartain, R.S. Gilbert, and others; lithographers include Childs & Inman, J.F. & C.A. Watson, and others

Includes index at the end of each volume

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CHMRB has v. 1-2 only; SCNHRB has 2 copies of v. 1-3, with each copy bound in 2 v

CHMRB copy (v. 1, 39088010327591; v. 2, 39088010327302) has bookplates: 1. The library of Sarah Cooper Hewitt presented in memory of her father Abram S. Hewitt and her sister Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee. Accession nos.: v. 1, 11849; v. 2, 11848

CHMRB copy has later red half-leather binding with embossed red paper boards; gilt-tooled spine; mottled endpapers; top edge gilt; in later archival paperboard boxes for preservation

SCNHRB c. 1 (v. 1, 39088010325983; v. 2-3, 39088010327294) is a variant ed. ("not an original copy"), with some differences in the plates (particularly v. 1, nos. 7, 10, 11, 14, and 21) identified by former owner Jonathan Dwight in ms. notes he made on the verso of the t.p. of v. 1, on a tipped-in note after plate 11 in v. 1, and on the front free endpaper of v. 2

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Marcia Brady Tucker; with handwritten collational notes from the Tucker collection on t.p.'s

SCNHRB c. 1 has later gilt-tooled red half-morocco leather binding with red cloth-covered boards; raised bands; and marbled endpapers. Some of the leaves of plates and text have cropped margins

SCNHRB c. 2 (v. 1, 39088010327377; v. 2-3, 39088010327278) is imperfect: p. 77-80, p. 289-292, and the 2 p. index, are wanting in v. 2. Plate 6 for v. 1 is misbound at the end of v. 3

SCNHRB c. 2 has stamp on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum, Richmond Collection, accession no. 264679; overwritten in ink as "withdrawn"; with autograph of Charles W. Richmond on verso of t.p.'s

SCNHRB c. 2 has v. 1 bound in black buckram with white lettered spine, with binding signed by James MacDonald Co., New York City; v. 2-3 is bound in black linen with gilt-tooled black leather spine label

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