[Rarebooks] FS: Tribute to Andrew Jackson with Large Hand-colored Map, 1829

[Charles Agvent]

WALSH, Robert, Jr. and McHENRY, James. THE JACKSON WREATH, OR NATIONAL 
SOUVENIR. A National Tribute, Commemorative of the Great Civil Victory 
Achieved by the People, through the Hero of New Orleans. Containing a 
Biographical Sketch of General Jackson until 1819. With a Continuation 
until the Present Day, Embracing a View of the Recent Political 
Struggles. Philadelphia: Jacob Maas, 1829. First Edition. Original 
gilt-decorated red morocco-backed marbled boards with matching morocco 
corners; 88 pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Jackson, 
an engraved title page, 4 plates (the Golden Wreath printed on white 
clay-coated stock, The Battle of New Orleans, The Hermitage, and The 
Capitol), 3 engraved leaves of music (Jackson Grand March and Quick 
Step), and a large hand-colored folding map of the U.S. (with portions 
of the Oregon Territory and Mexico, including Texas) measuring approx. 
17" x 19" and tipped in at the rear. HOWES W-68; SABIN101164. Published 
in commemoration of Jackson's inauguration, the campaign biography by 
Walsh, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON (Hudson, N.Y., 
1828) here reissued with the addition of McHenry's substantial 
"Continuation of the Biography" and some additional matter. Light, 
sporadic foxing; plates quite clean thanks, in part, to the presence of 
the tissue guards; the map in beautiful shape with bright coloring. A 
lovely, close to Fine example of a book usually found missing the map or 
quite worn. Near Fine. (#020555)        $1,000

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