[Rarebooks] fs: Cloud Crystals, snow flake lithographs, 1865

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings Booklovers,

We are pleased to offer:
~
(No. 9180 )  [Chickering, Frances E.]. CLOUD CRYSTALS; A SNOW-FLAKE ALBUM. 
COLLECTED AND EDITED BY A LADY.
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1865. Full leather, tall octavo, [iv], 158 
pages, Lithographs by J. F. Richardson. Near Fine.
      An interesting blend of scientific observation, literary expression, 
and graphic illustration on the topic of snowflakes and winter. Mrs. 
Chickering painstakingly copied these 200 snowflake forms from actual 
observation over several years and they are reproduced herein as white 
silhouettes on a dark brown printed background. The book opens with a 
scientific paper by Charles Smallwood on the subject of the relation of 
atmospheric electricity to the formation of snow crystals. Literary 
contributors include James Russell Lowell, Robert Burns, Ralph Waldo 
Emerson, Increase Mather, Shakespeare, William Cullen Bryant, Milton, 
Tennyson, Gail Hamilton, and many others. Bound in leather over boards with 
all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, spine and both boards stamped in gilt and 
blind, raised bands on spine, and inside dentelles in gilt. Minor rubs to 
extremities and along joints, slight oxidation to a few plates, otherwise 
clean and tight....... $300.00
- Photo(s), secure ordering: 
http://www.tomfolio.com/mall/backcreekbooks/bookdetails.asp?book=9180

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Terms:
All items offered subject to prior sale. Standard domestic shipping is $5.00 
for the first book, $1.25 each additional book or
volume. Other methods or international delivery quoted upon request. Payment 
accepted by credit card (V,MC,Amex, Discover), check, money order, or 
PayPal. All items fully guaranteed and returnable if not as described.

Thank you for your interest.

Best regards,

Rock
Back Creek Books
Post Office Box 3540, Annapolis, MD 21403, U.S.A.
Tel. 410-626-1363 or toll free 877-626-1363 -  Fax. 815-425-8542
Web: http://www.backcreekbooks.com  ~  Email: rock at backcreekbooks.com
-- 
Military & Naval History, Americana, Nautical & Maritime, Marylandiana
 ~ New arrivals: http://www.backcreekbooks.com/index.php
 ~ Books wanted: http://www.backcreekbooks.com/wants.php
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today's featured book from our stock at the booksellers' cooperative, 
TomFolio.com:
 Earle, Swepson.  'The Chesapeake Bay Country.'
 Details and secure ordering: 
http://www.tomfolio.com/mall/backcreekbooks/bookdetails.asp?book=10823
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not 
sure about the former.' - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)