1849 The Rose of Sharon: A Religious Souvenir - Mrs. Mayo Articles, Sartain Pl.

Description: The Rose of Sharon: A Religious Souvenir, for MDCCCXLIX. Edited by Mrs. S.C. Edgarton Mayo. Boston: A. Tompkins, and B.B. Mussey & Co., 1849, Sartain engravings, copyright 1848, 304 pp, 7 x 4.5", 12mo. In good condition. Dark leather boards scuffed at edges & worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Front hinge is beginning to split at head - binding exposed. Gilt lettering and deco bright and clean - lightly soiled on spine. Front gutter split at frontispiece - cording exposed. Light toning and foxing throughout text-block, some instances of age-staining and finger-soiling. Tissue guards are present & exhibit off-setting (which is honestly quite pretty itself) from respective plates. Binding intact. Please see photos. Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo (1819-1848) was an American author and editor. She did well in school, and attended Westford Academy for a semester. She taught herself French and Latin. At 17 years old, she joined the Universalist Church, which her parents also belonged to. She edited "The Rose of Sharon" from 1840 until 1848, and was an associate editor of "The Universalist" and "Ladies' Repository." With her earnings, she was able to support her family through its financial troubles and also put her younger brother, John Marshall Edgarton, through Harvard University. Her brother taught her German, and obtained books from Harvard for her. John Sartain (1808-1897) was an English-born American artist who pioneered mezzotint engraving in the United States. For about ten years after his arrival in the United States, he painted portraits in oil and miniatures on ivory. During the same time, he found employment in making designs for banknote vignettes, and also in drawing on wood for book illustrations. COLI1849ADFB11/23 - HK937

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Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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