Lot Essay
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), acclaimed American poet, translator and editor of New York's Evening Post from 1829 until his death.
Details
[BRYANT, William Cullen] Transactions of the American Art-Union, formerly called The Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States, New York: Charles Vinten, 1842-46, 5 parts in one volume, 8°, PRESENTATION COPY TO WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, 5 engraved plates (2 heavily browned, occasional spotting), contemporary morocco gilt with "William Curren Bryant, Esq" stamped in gilt on upper cover (extremities lightly rubbed), g.e.
Provenance
The front free endpaper is inscribed: "On behalf of the American Art-Union its Executive Committee present to Mr Bryant this volume of "Transactions" during the period in which the Institution had the benefit of his counsels ...."