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St. Valentine's Day...



Item # 697695

February 16, 1856

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Feb. 16, 1856  A periodical much in the style of the more popular Harper's Weekly, but this title existed before Harper's did.
The front page has 5 vignettes and an article on: "St. Valentine's Day".  Prints inside; include: "City of Genoa" "Cathedral of St. Giovanni, at Turin"; a rousing, tipped-in doublepage centerfold: "Deck of the U.S. Frigate Constitution at the Commencement of the Action with the...Guerriere, Aug. 19, 1812".
Sixteen pages, light damp staining at the margins, good condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War