Homes of American Statesmen: With Anecdotal, Personal & Descriptive Sketches

1st American Book Illustrated with a Photograph “Homes of American Statesmen: With Anecdotal, Personal & Descriptive Sketches”
“Homes of American Statesmen: With Anecdotal, Personal & Descriptive Sketches” ‘By Various Writers’. New York: Putnam & Co.: 1854. 1st Edition. The frontispiece is an original mounted-in Crystallotype (calotype) identified in pencil below it (as in all copies): “Hancock House (Boston), an original sun picture”. The photograph is in perfect condition & clear & un-faded. In a fine gilt & brown leather binding with “silk on the covers was worn as a girdle on one of Mrs. Low’s dresses…bound here as a memorial of her…”. The binding is in fine condition; but, the silk is rubbed & worn on both covers. 6″ x 8½” format. Rare.