Lot 348:
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, VI-VII
Sold for: $35
Description
A pair of large folio volumes comprising the weekly issues of the mid-19th-century American periodical Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion for the year 1854. This lot includes Volume VI (commencing January 7, 1854) and Volume VII (concluding December 1854). Published in Boston by F. Gleason, with later issues in Volume VII identifying M. M. Ballou as publisher. The volumes are bound in half-leather with dark textured cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped titles on the spines. The work is noted for its extensive wood-engraved illustrations documenting contemporary life, technology, and global views. Observable plates and engravings include the allegorical Wheel of Time, views of Japan including Tokaito and Mount Fuji, technological depictions of House’s and the Magnetic Telegraph at the Crystal Palace, New York City Fire Engine No. 38, and a double-page spread titled National Costumes of All the Principal Nations on the Globe. The volumes also contain portraiture, such as Henry J. Gardner, and architectural views including Nicholas Church in Potsdam and various American residences.
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