[Rarebooks] FS: 1850 WORKS OF THE LATE EDGAR ALLAN POE, Congressman Henry Muhlenberg's copy

[Charles Agvent]

POE, Edgar Allan. THE WORKS OF THE LATE EDGAR ALLAN POE. With Notices of 
his Life and Genius. New York: J. S. Redfield, 1850. First Edition. Two 
volumes (4-1/2" x 7-1/2") in 1/2 contemporary dark green morocco leather 
with matching corners and marbled paper boards. Comprises the Tales and 
Poems & Miscellanies. Two further volumes were issued of lesser 
material, the last in 1856. The notes were by N. P. Willis, James 
Russell Lowell, and Rufus W. Griswold. Fine engraved frontispiece 
portrait of Poe by J. Sartain in the first volume. BAL 16158 and 16159: 
First Printing for each volume. TALES contains "The Murders of the Rue 
Morgue," "The Black Cat," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Cask of 
Amontillado," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and many more. POEMS contains "The 
Raven," "Lenore," "Annabel Lee," "The Conqueror Worm," "Tamerlane," etc. 
This set belonged to the Pennsylvania congressman Henry Augustus 
Muhlenberg (1823--1854) with his bookplate on the front pastedown of 
each volume and his signature at the top of each title page. Muhlenberg 
was a member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty. His father, 
Henry A. P. Muhlenberg, was a Congressman and U.S. Minister to Austria; 
his grandfather, Joseph Hiester, was the governor of Pennsylvania. A set 
sold at Sotheby's in 2019 for over five thousand dollars. Moderate, 
scattered foxing, text mostly clean; hinges reinforced with cloth 
binder's tape. Rubbing to spines, mostly at the heads. Very Good. 
(#021077)        $2,000

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