13V John L Stoddard JOHN L STODDARDS LECTURES 1898 Decorative Marbled Paper & Leather Gilt Authors Original Signature Limited Edition Illustrated Tissue-Guarded Plates Photographs Art Architecture Natural History Archaeology Travel Travelogue

Title: John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous Places and People, Being the Identical Discourses Delivered During the Past Eighteen Years Under the Title of the Stoddard Lectures
Author: John L. Stoddard - John Lawson Stoddard was an American writer, hymn writer and lecturer who gained popularity through his travelogues.
Publisher: Balch Brothers Co.
City: Boston
Year: 1898
Printing Information: Limited Edition
Binding Style: Hardcover
Number of Volumes: 13 Full Set: No
Width: 6.75" Height: 10"
Book Details: This decoratively bound thirteen-volume set features a luxurious quarter marble and leather binding with raised spine bands, gilt lettering and tooling, as well as top-edge gilt. These limited edition volumes are numbered 285 of 500, and feature John L. Stoddard’s original signature beneath the limitation statement in volume one. Many volumes in this set feature tissue-guarded plates, illustrations and pictures throughout. All volumes feature marbled endpapers as well.

Stoddard began traveling around the world in 1874 and published Red-Letter Days Abroad in 1884. He turned his experiences into a series of popular lectures delivered throughout North America. These lectures were periodically published in book form as John L. Stoddard's Lectures and eventually numbered 10 volumes and five supplements (1897–1898). The books include numerous illustrations derived from the immense catalog of photographs taken by Stoddard, and cover every subject, from art and architecture, to archaeology and natural history. The books were immensely popular in their day and many copies still survive. Later in life, Stoddard also published poetry, as well as books on religious subjects.

Condition / Notes: This beautifully bound antique set shows very well, with minimal indications of age and wear, including mild shelfwear. The bindings and text blocks are firm. Text and illustrations are clear and crisp through mild age toning. This set includes 13 of 15 volumes.

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