Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Broadsides and Autographs Comprising Americana, Association Items and Standard Sets and an Extensive Collection of Colored-Plate Books: From Important Collections and Libraries Including That of the Late John Henry Osborne of Auburn, New York; To Be Sold at Unrestricted Public on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Afternoons and Evenings, December 13th, 14th and 15th 1916 The following is a Summary of the more important subjects, together with a List of the Noteworthy Items herein catalogued. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.