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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Meserve Album of Photographs. Twenty-four small format (3 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.) reproduction photographs of Abraham Lincoln and his family printed by Meserve from original negatives in his collection, and one enlarged photo from a Brady negative (8 x 10 in.); each mounted on unbound bifolia, captioned by hand by Meserve, with his numbers noted, each with his stamp on verso, in a brown paper wrapper inscribed inside the front cover by Meserve, "To William Munro Lobenstine, who is beginning a collection of Lincolniana, with the regard of F.H. Meserve, New York, Apl. 25, 1916," 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. overall.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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William Munro Lobenstine, F.H. MeserveJohn Dorfman
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