The Youth's Diadem; A Gift Book for all Seasons. Prepared Specially for Young People
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1852. First Edition. Octavo, 148 pages, publisher's original gilt-decorated and blind-stamped black cloth covered boards. All edges gilt. Illustrated with 7 full-page engravings. Now in a protective clear mylar jacket. A charming mid-nineteenth-century American juvenile gift book, *The Youth’s Diadem* was prepared expressly for young readers and combines moral instruction, improving literature, poetry, and entertaining prose in the tradition of the Victorian gift annual. Intended to provide wholesome reading “for all seasons,” the volume reflects contemporary ideals of childhood education, character formation, piety, domestic virtue, and self-improvement. Published in Boston by Phillips, Sampson and Company, the work is representative of the richly produced juvenile keepsake books of the period and is of interest to collectors of nineteenth-century children’s literature, American gift books, moral and religious instruction, illustrated books, and Victorian juvenile publishing. Some damage to the cloth, discoloration and foxing, rubbing, else in very good condition. Item #601
Price: $200.00