[Rarebooks] FS: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery in 1852

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

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Smith, R.A.  "SMITH'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO AND THROUGH LAUREL HILL
CEMETERY..."  Philadelphia; Willis P. Hazard: 1852.

”With a glance at celebrated tombs and bury-ing places, ancient and
modern; an historical sketch of the cemeteries of Philadelphia; an essay
on monumental architecture, and a tour up the Schuylkill”. This is an
extensive, descriptive tour around Laurel Hill Cemetery and its
surroundings. Situated on 74 acres overlooking the Schuylkill River,
Laurel Hill was founded in 1836, the second “rural” cemetery in America.
In the 19th century as many as 30,000 Philadelphians a summer would wander
its beautifully landscaped grounds and marvel at its magnificent and
elaborate monuments and tombstones. In the 20th century it fell into
neglect and disrepair, but in the last decade an aggressive and
enthusiastic effort has been made to restore and preserve it.

Hardcover. 6”x9”, 147 pages plus a 53-page list of lot-holders; b/w
illustrations and plates, hand-colored map; publisher’s original
elaborately-decorated blue cloth with a gilt scene of a lyre-playing angel
with a willow to each side, surrounded by gilt scrollwork. Covers with
light wear; ex-library with many internal markings including a stamp on
the title page and a bookplate; illustrations not stamped. Apparently
lacking illustrations of the Eagle Hotel, and views of Sections G and I,
but this copy includes plates not called for in the illustration list
showing an additional view of Decatur’s monument, the Ripka Monument, the
Twigg Monument, and a view of Section D, so the plates are at least a
wash, if we are not coming out slightly ahead. Some light internal soil.
Uncommon.  [09576]  $275.00

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