[Rarebooks] FS: "The Floral Keepsake" by Keese. w/30 colored plates. NY: circa 1854

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Keese, John. THE FLORAL KEEPSAKE, with Thirty Engravings Elegantly Colored from Nature. New York: Leavitt & Allen. No date (circa 1854). 4to. 112pp. With 30 large color printed plates. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, spine extremities lightly frayed and cloth faded. A.e.g.    $350.00 (trade discount allowed)
In this copy the first two plates seem to be hand colored, with the remainder color printed. Bennett p. 43.

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