Author: Sargent, Epes
Title: Velasco
Publication Information: New-York: Harper & Brothers. 1839
Call #: PS2777.V4 1839
Book Size: 19cm (H); 11.5 cm (L); 1 cm (spine)
Cover: Brown cover with embossed floral/leaf design on front and back covers, and design is throughout both; "Velasco" printed in gold on the front cover. Note the fine rib background behind the raised floral. This is an exceedingly rare example of ribbon embossed cloth (ca. 1831-1840), and it reflects a brief moment in the history of cloth binding. The entire bolt of cloth was embossed and cut to size.
Inside Book Covers: regular paper insider front and back covers (almost looks like text paper); tag from Princeton University inside front cover, left top corner
Paper Edges: unadorned
Illustrations: none
Comments:
- Note blotches on the paper, and signs of aging.
- Text dedicated to William C. Preston of South Carolina
- Advertisement about the play -- that it is based on the history of El Cid; that a few copies were printed in 1837, and the play was produced; advertisement signed E.S.
- Missing a page between advertisement and text of play, as if it were cut or torn
Pedagogical Uses/Notes:
- 19th-Century American Text Production
- American Drama
