Davidson, Lucretia Maria; Sedgwick, Miss; Irving, Washington. Poetical Remains of the late Lucretia Maria Davidson, collected and arranged by Her Mother: with a Biography, by Miss Sedgwick. New York: Clark, Austin & Co., 1852. A New Edition, Revised. [10539]
Two books bound together, same publisher and date, different page number series. Sometime rebound in red textured cloth, "Poetical Works | Davidson Sisters" in gilt to spine, 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, a few light spots to the binding, tight. Frontispiece portraits of the sisters engraved by W. Wellstood. Pages: [1-4], [xiii]-248, [1-2], [xiii]-248. Dark foxing with some stains also in the text; private bookplate at front. Fair. Hardcover.
Bound with Biography and Poetical Remains of the late Margaret Miller Davidson, by Washington Irving.
The Davidson sisters were young poets celebrated by many in mid-19th century America. Lucretia Maria died at the age of 16 while her sister Margaret died aged 15. The sisters were praised by such notables as Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Southey, and Catharine Sedgwick.
