Author: Anonymous
Title: Six Weeks in Fauquier. Being the Substance of a Series of Familiar Letters
Publication Information: New-York: Published by Samuel Colman No. 8 Astor House 1839
Call #: F234 .F256
Book Size: 15.5 cm (H); 10 cm (L); 1 cm (spine)
Cover: Hunter green textured cover; inset on cover:
Fauquier
Sulphur Springs
1839
Note the font of "Sulphur Springs" and that the grain shows through the label. This is a Rib Grain (horizontal, not vertical - which makes a difference, since they grained the cloth in a particular direction, and the entire roll of cloth was grained and then cut to size. A horizontal grain is atypical). It is rare to have a label on the front cover; it is more common to have a label on the spine.
Inside Book Covers: brown paper; signature inside front cover (Stephen Diggott, with a lot of flourishes, but faint and difficult to read)
Paper Edges: unadorned
Illustrations: opposite the title page, there is an illustration of Fauquier Springs, Fauquier County, VA, West View. Note details, especially the architecture of the main Building
Comments:
- Chapters: numbered, with brief text summary/outline
Pedagogical Uses/Notes:
- 19th-Century American Text Production
- Vacation/Travel Literature
