[Rarebooks] FS: Early Lithograph by Nathaniel Currier, pre Currier & Ives

[Charles Agvent]

[CURRIER & IVES: CURRIER, Nathaniel] BARBOUR, Gabriel. KIND, KIND AND 
GENTLE IS SHE. New York [and elsewhere]: Hewitt & Jaques [and others], 
[1837-1841]. Folio (10" x 13") bound in contemporary brown 
leather-backed marble boards with a black leather label on the front 
cover with the owner's name: Anna Mitchell. A collection of sheet music 
featuring only two illustrated covers. One happens to be an early work 
by Nathaniel Currier before he began his partnership with Ives. Though 
not dated, information gathered from Dichter and Shapiro's EARLY 
AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC (page 205) reveals that the publisher's imprint 
Hewitt & Jaques, as on this piece, was used between 1837 and 1841. 
Nathaniel Currier began his career as a lithographer in 1833, and it was 
not until 1857 he became associated with the firm of Currier & Ives. The 
image is of a pretty damsel in a bower with a building behind her. There 
is a dampstain in the upper left corner that just touches the image. 
There are several closed tears, none with loss, the most serious being 
about three inches long and extending into the image a little more than 
an inch. The other cover is the Fourth Edition of Lord Byron's "And Wilt 
Thou Weep When I Am Low?" which has a dampstain in the inner margin and 
some foxing in the upper and lower margins. The image is of Byron 
standing by the sea. The other printed and manuscript music is in 
generally good condition, but there is some extensive dampstaining and 
even some mold toward the rear of the volume. Good overall. (#011316)    
     $350.00

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