Egeria, or, Voices of thought and counsel, for the woods and wayside / by W. Gilmore Simms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maxims.

Penn Provenance:

Groves, John Stuart (bookplate)

Butler, S. R. (inscription)

Physical Description:

1 preliminary leaf, xi unnumbered pages-xii pages, 13 unnumbered pages-319 pages : frontispiece ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Voices of thought and counsel, for the woods and wayside

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by E.H. Butler & Co., 1853.

Notes:

"The collection which follows has been the unpremeditated accumulation of many years. It constitutes a body of sentiment and opinion, which I trust, will commend itself to other minds, and be justified in the thought, feeling, and experience of other lives."--Advertisement.

Includes index.

Binding A. Cover blindstamped with triple rule border, four cornerpiece ornaments and publisher's monogram in center. Spine goldstamped with title in shield shaped box; blindstamped with pattern of triple-rules and square ornaments.--Cf. BAL.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy imperfect: frontispiece wanting.

Culture Class Collection copy Binding A.

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of John Stuart Groves.

Culture Class Collection copy inscribed to S. (?) R. Butler from Aunt Mary, Dec. 25, 1857.

Cited in:

BAL, 18139

OCLC:

702321086