<p>Frank Leslie published this print as a premium for his new family magazine <i>Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner</i> and copyrighted it on April 8 1865 just a week before Lincoln's death. The image created by engraver Henry B. Major and lithographer Joseph Knapp portrays Lincoln flanked by the First Lady and Vice President Andrew Johnson greeting Julia Dent Grant wife of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant who stands nearby.</p><p>According to a notice printed at the bottom right corner "<i>Every Person who pays Ten Cents each for numbers 1 and 2 of Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner The New Family Paper is entitled to a copy of this PLATE without extra charge</i>" or individuals could purchase the print for $3.</p> <b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Lithograph. "Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation at the White House 1865" New York: Frank Leslie April 1865. 1 p. 19 x 23¾ in.<p><br /></p><p>In the first issue of <i>The Chimney Corner</i> Leslie described the "Grand Reception" image as "the most costly gift plate ever presented by any publisher in the United States having been produced at an expense of $10000."</p><p>"Every family should possess this truly national picture and carefully preserve it" Leslie continued "as it will transmit to future generations the men who have restored our great national unity. It is especially valuable as it contains an excellent likeness of our late lamented President introducing General Grant and his wife to Mrs. Lincoln." The picture contains "nearly 100 portraits of our most celebrated Generals Statesmen and Civilians also of many of our most distinguished American ladies. The likenesses are admirable having been taken from photographs by Brady."</p><p>The key giving the names of each individual portrait was published in issue number 4 of the <i>Chimney Corner</i> on June 24.</p><p>Included in the image are Generals Ulysses S. Grant John G. Foster William T. Sherman Hugh J. Kilpatrick Nathaniel P. Banks Philip H. Sheridan Winfield S. Hancock John A. Logan Joseph Hooker Benjamin F. Butler Oliver O. Howard John A. Dix and Henry W. Slocum. Admirals David Farragut and David Dixon Porter represent the Navy. Members of the cabinet include Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton Secretary of State William H. Seward and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. Members of Congress include Senator Henry B. Anthony of Rhode Island Senator William P. Fessenden of Maine Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts and Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax of Indiana. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase represents the U.S. Supreme Court. New York newspaper editors Horace Greeley Henry J. Raymond and James Gordon Bennett are also present. Prominent women include First Lady Mary Lincoln Ann S. Stephens dime novelist and magazine editor Miriam Folline Squier wife of Leslie's former editor-in-chief and Leslie's future wife Julia Dent Grant wife of Ulysses S. Grant Kate Chase Sprague daughter of Chief Justice and wife of Rhode Island Senator and Adele Cutts Douglas widow of Stephen A. Douglas. Others identified in the key include Ephraim G. Squier Leslie's former editor-in-chief archaeologist and U.S. commissioner to Peru Governor Andrew G. Curtin of Pennsylvania and Ambassador to Russia Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky.</p><p>Despite Leslie's copyright Anton Hohenstein created a very similar image entitled "Lincoln's Last Reception" which also featured Lincoln's meeting General Ulysses S. Grant's wife Julia. Published by John Smith in Philadelphia in 1865 and hand-colored "Lincoln's Last Reception" also included more than thirty military and political leaders and a few prominent women among the onlookers in the ballroom.</p><p><b><i>Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner</i></b> 1865-1884 was a weekly family newspaper published "every Tuesday" in New York by Frank Leslie. Each illustrated issue of sixteen pages contained serial fiction short stories poetry biographies history travel sketches natural history anecdotes and other subjects. According to the prospectus the newspaper would be "a welcome messenger of instruction and amusement to the young and old in the family and by the fireside—that altar around which cluster our holiest and most cherished recollections." Leslie had copyrighted the title in 1861 but "the great Rebellion now happily closing intervened to put a stop to the enterprise."</p><p><b>Frank Leslie</b> 1821-1880 was born in England as Henry Carter but he adopted the pseudonym of Frank Leslie to keep his artistic activities a secret from his relatives who disapproved. He came to the United States in 1848 and settled in New York in 1853 to engrave woodcuts for P. T. Barnum's <i>Illustrated News</i>. When that publication failed Leslie began work on his own series of illustrated publications including <i>Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper</i> <i>The Budget of Fun</i> <i>Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner</i> and others. At his death he was deeply in debt but his second wife Miriam Folline Squier 1836-1914 continued his publications and again made them profitable even legally changing her name to Frank Leslie in 1881.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Spot-mounted to modern board mat toning moderate foxing minor edge wear. Would benefit from conservation.</p> Frank Leslie
London : Harper Voyager 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean title gilt perfect. Text block clean with light toning to edges. Feels lightly read. Minor bump to head and foot of spine near fine condition. Jacket some minor crimping to top edge. Light handling marks to the gloss. Overall near fine. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images the book pictured is the book described. A very nice example of this collectible first edition first printing title <br/> <br/> Harper Voyager hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002870 ISBN : 0007260210 9780007260218
Jerusalem NY: ISRAELI PUBLISHING INSTITUTE. Very Good. 1974. HARDCOVER. Hardcover. 8x11" 3" THICK. VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN SOLID BRIGHT IN SIMILAR ORIGINAL BLUE TEXTURED SLIPCASE BOX. ; ALL 5 VOLUMES IN ONE BOOK HARDBOUND WITH SLIPCASE.DOES NOT SHIP EXPEDITEDPRIOTITY.TOO BIG TOO HEAVY. ; Many 1x1" photos.; 895pg heavy pages; A WHO'S WHO TYPE LISTING OF FAMOUSIMPORTANT OR PROMANENT JEWISH LEADERS.WITH AT LEAST A 1X2" PHOTO & A HUNDERD WORD BIOGRAPHY OUTLINE.GOLD SPINE & COVER TITLES WITH ISRAELI FLAG ON COVER ALSO IN GOLD. ; 2 . ISRAELI PUBLISHING INSTITUTE hardcover
Arco Publishing Company January 1959. Hardcover. Good - Cash. Minor wear to cover and pages. Great condition. P/O name inside. Unmarked text secure binding. Rubbing on edges. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Arco Publishing Company hardcover
The Mathematical Association of America January 1966. Paperback. Good - Cash. Minor wear to cover and pages. Great condition. Printing stamp on title page. Light wear but very readable. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. The Mathematical Association of America paperback
Frederick A. Praeger in New York January 1964. Trade Paperback. Good - Cash. General use wear to the surface edges corners and ends. Unmarked text secure binding. Creased spine. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Frederick A. Praeger in New York paperback
Louisiana State University Press. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Louisiana State University Press unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP18581997 ISBN : 080710261x 9780807102619
Gottingen: Bandenhoef und Ruprecht 1800. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary half morocco and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering in two spine labels gilt-stamped ornament at spine tips; 12mo 100 x 170 mm; pp. 32 624 plus 12 folded plates tipped onto stubs at rear. Boards and spine a bit scuffed; spine lettering a little faded. Except for a library stamp on title-p. text block is clean and unmarked. An excellent copy of what's become a rather uncommon text book. Kaestner 1719-1800 was a noted academic mathematician and epigrammist and a great influence on a number of his students at the Universities of Leipzig and Gottingen including Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben Carl Friedrich Gauss Johann Tobias Mayer Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes Farkas Bolyai and Georg Kl�gel. <br/><br/> Bandenhoef und Ruprecht hardcover
Princeton University Press January 1965. Paperback. Good - Cash. Minor wear and soiling to the covers Some markings in the text and margins. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Princeton University Press paperback
Bradt Travel Guides 2013. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN: Bradt Travel Guides paperback
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1961. 1st printing; dj w/small piece missing price clipped in mylar; owner's name; 226 clean unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo. Routledge and Kegan Paul Hardcover
Stanford University Press. Used - Good. Ships from Reno NV. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! Stanford University Press unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP116964134 ISBN : 0804739773 9780804739771
Highland Loch Press. Used - Good. Ships from Reno NV. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! Highland Loch Press unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP116960913 ISBN : 0985310235 9780985310233
Frankfurt am Main: Johann Gottlieb Garbe 1776. leather_bound. Sehr gut. Mit 7 mehrfach gefalteten Kupfertafeln im Anhang. 8vo. ca. 18 x 11 cm. Gesprenkelter Lederband der Zeit mit reicher Ornament-R�ckenvergoldung und rotem R�ckenschild 8 Bll. 752 S. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Fromm 485. Henze I 81. Nicht bei Schwab. - Der Orientalist Anquetil-Duperron war der erste Europ�er der nach seiner Indienreise 1755-62 eine �bersetzung des Avesta herausgab Zend-Avesta ouvrage de Zoroastre. Paris 1771. Er erhielt von Parsenpriestern eine persische �bersetzung/Auslegung der alten Religionsschriften Zendavesta die er f�r seine �bersetzung ins Franz�sische verwendete. Das vorliegende Werk ist eine Einf�hrung in die Sitten und Gebr�uche der Parsen von A.-D. als Grundlage f�r das Studium des Zendavesta gedacht. - Die Tafeln zeigen einen Parsen beim Gebet Kleidung heilige Ger�tschaften Musikinstrumente Grundrisse von heiligen St�tten etc. - Dekoratives zeitgen�ssisch gebundenes Exemplar. R�ckenleder etwas br�chig mit Abschabungen an den Kapitalen. Vorderes Gelenk geringf�gig angeplatzt. Ecken leicht besto�en teils mit kl. Schadstellen. Innen sehr gut erhalten meist leicht gebr�unt nur vereinzelt fleckig. Wenige Seiten mit blassem Wasserrand. Vorsatz mit kleinem alten Signatur-Etikett und handschr. Nummerierung. Johann Gottlieb Garbe hardcover
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