Homes of American statesmen
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"Notable for being the first American book illustrated with an original photograph, which is a salt print of the Hancock House in Boston tipped in as a frontispiece. Pencil inscription under photograph stating 'Hancock House Boston, An Original Sun Picture.'" -- AbeBooks, via WWW, Feb. 13, 2013.
Blind stamp: "Whipple's Patent Crystalotype Washington St. Boston".
"Most of the illustrations in this volume have been engraved from original drawings, or daguerreotypes taken for the purpose."--p. iv.
Blind stamp: "Whipple's Patent Crystalotype Washington St. Boston".
"Most of the illustrations in this volume have been engraved from original drawings, or daguerreotypes taken for the purpose."--p. iv.
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