Eulogies delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, on the Life and Character of Hon. John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, and Hon. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts; Compiled from Official Documents. Washington: Foster and Cochran, 1853. First Edition. [10413]
Black cloth, decorated and bordered in blind, gilt spine titles, spine ends chipped, corner tips worn, 9 x 6 inches, tight. Wood engraved illustration as frontis, steel engraved portraits of Calhoun, Clay, and Webster. 63, 103, 48 pp. Foxing to the plates with some offsetting to nearby leaves, rest of text generally clean. Good. Hardcover.
"The great veneration felt by the whole American people of the character and services of the three great sages and patriots who, within a brief period, have passed from the state of action, has induced the undersigned to compile and present, in one volume, the Eulogies and just tributes of contemporary statesmen. The names of Calhoun, Clay, and Webster, are household words. Every child is taught to lisp them - and the history of the country would be incomplete without them." - publishers.
