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(American Civil War.) Carte-de-Visite Photo Album. New York, ca. 1861-1865. Oblong 4to, orig. embossed brown morocco, spine gilt, a.e.g., brass clasps (defective); joints & extremities rubbed. Minor dampstaining near spine of bottom edge - not affecting photos.
Holding 60 Carte-de-Visite portraits of Union political & military notables. Signed photos include Robert Anderson (comdr. of Ft. Sumter), Gen. Joseph Hooker, Gen. George B. McClellan, Gen. Fitz-John Porter, Gen. Winfield Scott (signed on verso) - not shown in uniform, Montgomery Blair (Lincoln's Postmaster General, counsel for Dred Scott), William H. Seward (Lincoln's Sec. of State), Gideon Welles (Lincoln's Sec. of Navy); also signed photos of Robert & Louis Philippe D'Orleans (French-born nobles serving under McClellan).
Internally generally clean, a few photo frames torn, photos in very good to excellent states of preservation. Album includes gilt-printed title: The Photographic Album. new York: D. Appleton, 1861.
Provenance upon request.