1866 MEMORIAL ADDRESS BOOK ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY GEORGE BANCROFT

1866 MEMORIAL ADDRESS BOOK ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY GEORGE BANCROFT

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Here is the first edition of George Bancroft’s eulogy of Abraham Lincoln, published by the Government Printing Office in 1866. Congress asked Bancroft, the leading American historian of the day and the former Secretary of the Navy who founded the U.S. Naval Academy, to deliver the official memorial address. He spoke before a joint session in the House of Representatives on February 12, 1866, the anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. President Andrew Johnson, the cabinet, members of the Supreme Court, the diplomatic corps, and senior military officers attended. The address was widely circulated and drew diplomatic objections, chiefly from British officials, because of Bancroft’s pointed remarks about foreign governments’ conduct during the war.

The volume has a steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Lincoln with facsimile signature, protected by its original tissue guard. The title page is printed within a ruled border. The book is bound in the original publisher’s brown pebble-grain cloth. Both boards have a blind-stamped ruled frame, and the front board carries an ornate gilt-stamped cartouche lettered “Memorial Address / Life and Character of / Abraham Lincoln / George Bancroft.”.

The front free endpaper bears a period ownership signature, “H. L. Grose,” in red ink.

Dimensions: Approximately 9 ¼" x 6 ⅛"

Condition: Good overall. The gilt cartouche on the front board remains bright and fully legible. The cloth shows general rubbing and handling wear, with some light soiling and discoloration, mainly on the rear board.

The spine shows the most wear. The cloth is chipped and worn along its length, with losses that expose the underlying paper backing, most noticeably along one portion of the spine in the center. The corners are bumped and rubbed, and one corner is worn through to the board. The board edges are rubbed.

The binding remains intact. Stitching is visible at the front gutter, as is typical for the period. The endpapers are lightly toned, with scattered small foxing spots. The tissue guard on the fly leaf is present. The title page is clean and bright. The text block is otherwise in good condition.

This is a good representational copy of an important early Lincoln memorial publication, in its scarce original government binding. [stp][ph:L]

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