Leaves of Affection
Bound volume
Unidentified
Maker
Leaves of Affection
1861
Bound volume with albumen silver prints and engravings
Overall (closed): 7 7/8 × 6 7/16 × 9/16 in. (20 × 16.3 × 1.5 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1976.0063.0001-0102
DescriptionAutograph album containing 35 albumen silver portraits and 5 steel plate engravings. Entries, inscribed in black ink, are dedicated to "Lucy." Several entries are accompanied by small portraits of the author. There are several blank pages at the end. Album is bound in black leather with debossed gold text and decorative elements on the cover and spine. Back cover features debossed text and decorative border.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on front cover, TC: LEAVES \ OF \ AFFECTION
Debossed in gold on spine, TC: ALBUM
Debossed on back cover, TC: Album
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of front flyleaf, RT: Real Photographs in an \ autograph album \ 1st I've ever seen \ March - 1944 \ AS Boyer \ Photography 1861
Printed in black ink on title page, OA: LEAVES OF AFFECTION. \ NEW YORK, \ PUBLISHED BY LEAVITT & ALLEN
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) inside back cover, TLC: GE Cone \ NYC \ I I E \ AS Boyer
Debossed in gold on spine, TC: ALBUM
Debossed on back cover, TC: Album
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of front flyleaf, RT: Real Photographs in an \ autograph album \ 1st I've ever seen \ March - 1944 \ AS Boyer \ Photography 1861
Printed in black ink on title page, OA: LEAVES OF AFFECTION. \ NEW YORK, \ PUBLISHED BY LEAVITT & ALLEN
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) inside back cover, TLC: GE Cone \ NYC \ I I E \ AS Boyer
