Antique Floral Autograph Album with Flower Illustrations.The cover is embossed wine colored velvet with gilt lettering, this dates to the 1870's. When gathering autographs was a serious hobby {not of famous people but of people you knew and loved!} books like this were highly coveted gifts for Christmas or birthdays.
Memory albums held autographs, sentiments, poems and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates, as well as family members .A beautiful full color floral chromolithograph front page gives a glimpse of what is to come. This book has about 100 pages, some have autographs, poems, some are blank. The chromolithographs are beautiful! Published in the the early 1880's.
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