AMERICANA 40 AMERICANA 46 LINCOLN, Abraham. The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. New York, 1905. Twenty-four volumes. Octavo, contemporary full inlaid crushed brown morocco gilt. $67,500 Extraordinary Extra-Illustrated And Exquisitely Bound 24-Volume Set Of Lincoln’s Works, With One Volume Completely Devoted To Original Documents And Signatures, Including A Rare Signed Set Of Lincoln Ship’s Papers For A Whaling Vessel And Signatures, Letters And Documents By Van Buren, Buchanan, Pierce And Others “New and Enlarged” edition of the Presidential Edition of Nicolay and Hay’s monumental collection of Lincoln’s works: a stated “unique extra-illustrated copy,” expanded from 12 volumes to 24 with more than four hundred plates—engraved and mounted portraits of Lincoln, his contemporaries and rivals; maps and views of Civil War battles; and printed manuscript facsimiles— beautifully and sumptuously bound in full morocco-gilt with inlaid morocco, Art Nouveau floral decorations, and a watercolor miniature of Lincoln’s log cabin home in every volume. With final volume containing a cut signature and a rare and desirable set of ship’s papers for a whaling ship signed by Lincoln, a clipped signature of Martin Van Buren, ship’s papers signed by
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