Decorative embossed leather gift book c.1849 Orations Poetry Moral Religious Nevada edges of one sheet frayed

edges of one sheet frayed and splitting

including nice pictorial advertising section at the rear

Light scattered minor spotting or small stains

allegories

Publisher's decorative pictorial paper wrappers

Decorative embossed leather gift book c.1849 Orations Poetry Moral Religious Nevada edges of one sheet frayed[Old Books, Leather Books, Poetry, Religion, Christianity, Decorative Leather Bindings]. Orations and Poetry, on Moral and Religious Subjects, by Roswell Rice, Esq. Published c. 1849, Albany by C. van Benthuysen. 367 pages. Text in English. Wood engraved frontis portrait. Period full embossed leather binding, smooth spine, gilt spine decorations and title lettering, geometric and floral scroll border patterns concentrically embossed on both covers.