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Ephemera, Americana, & Historical Memorabilia

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Lot 80

[GREETING CARDS]. An Outstanding Victorian Christmas and Ne...

Estimate: $400 - $600

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[GREETING CARDS]. An Outstanding Victorian Christmas and New Year Greeting Card Scrapbook. V.p., ca. 1870s. Over 400 chromolithograph greetings pasted in a 124-page contemporary oblong gilt-stamped buckram album. Includes approximately 439 greetings by British and American card manufacturers, with many series and sets, by Marcus Ward & Co., L. Prang & Co., Goodall [Charles Goodall & Sons], H. [Herman] Rothe, R. Canton, Raphael Tuck & Sons, Eyre & Spottiswood, Bollen & Tidswell, and A. Ackermann. Variety of themes and artwork including designs by Kate Greenaway, anthropomorphic, fishing, seashell, owls and birds, equestrian, costume, dogs, animals, clown, and others. Album worn; a few leaves trimmed at mid-page.