Lossing, Benson J. The Home of Washington ; or Mount Vernon and its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial. Hartford, Conn.: A. S. Hale & Company, 1870. First Edition. [11828]
Faded purple publisher's cloth, decorated in blind, gilt to spine, light edge-wear with thin 1 inch split on back joint, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. 1870 former owner's signature on fep, wood engraving of a scene at Mount Vernon as frontispiece, many text engravings, 446 clean pp., index, tight. Good. Hardcover.
"Illustrated by numerous engravings chiefly from original drawings by the author, engraved at Lossing & Barritt. Published by Subscription Only."
"The materials of which this volume is composed, were collected by the writer many years ago, during visits to Mount Vernon, and also Arlington House, the residence of the family of George Washington Parke Curtis, the adopted son of Washington. Careful search was made elsewhere for mementos of the domestic life of Washington and of his Home on the banks of the Potomac River; and faithful drawings of objects and transcriptions of documents were made, wherever found. It is believed that few of such objects of interest have escaped notice. Delineations and descriptions of these, and facts concerning Mount Vernon, of every kind, have been arranged in proper order in the following pages, and so present quite a complete picture of the private and domestic life of the Father of his Country; for that life, from his earliest childhood, was associated with Mount Vernon." - Preface.
