[Rarebooks] FS: Early New England Gravestones

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Gravestones of Early New England And the Men who made them,
1653-1800”

By Harriette M. Forbes.
Published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin in 1927.
Edition limited to 780 copies.

DISCUSSION: Not only a study of gravestone design, but also of the craft
of the 17th and 18th century stoneworker, with much information about
individuals who lived and worked in New England. "An important study
containing whole chapters on such important stonecutters as the Lamsons of
Charlestown and the Fosters of Dorchester. An appendix lists
alphabetically the New England stonecutters working before 1800" (Garrett
& Garrett).

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 7.5"x10.5", 141 pages, plus numerous black & white
plates.

CONDITION NOTES: Covers with some light wear and soil, tips rubbed, etc.
Contents with a little scattered soil, frontispiece foxed, with offsetting
to the title page.

PRICE: $150 net.

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