[Rarebooks] FS: 1837 Broadside Elegy -Enfield, Massachusetts

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: "An Elegy on the Death of Mr. Harfield Lyndsey, Aged 26 Years."

A pleasing broadside -[Enfield, Massachusetts; John Howe: ca. 1837].

DISCUSSION: A very handsome broadside elegy, featuring a woodcut border of
stylized leaves, with a coffin in the upper left corner. The main elegy is
added to by “An Acrostic” by “Samuel Dunn, Aet. 91 years 7 months”. Samuel
Dunn [1746-1843] wrote a number of funereal acrostics and poems, and was
known as something of a “poet of the death-bed”.

The broadside is attributed to the printer John Howe of Enfield,
Massachusetts. Enfield is one of the towns which was submerged by the
Quabbin Reservoir in the 20th century.

DESCRIPTION: This measures 8.5”x9”.

CONDITION NOTES: Light soil, some light wrinkling. The scan gives a very
good idea of the condition.

PRICE: $250

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