Bidwell. W[alter]. H[illiard. 1798 - 1881] - Editor. Bryant, William Cullen [1794 - 1878] - Contributor - IMPERIAL COURTS Of FRANCE, ENGLAND, RUSSIA, PRUSSIA, SARDINIA, And AUSTRIA. Richly Illustrated with Portraits of Imperial Sovereigns and Their Cabinet Ministers; with Biographical Sketches, and an Introduction by William Cullen Bryant

New York: Charles Scribner, 1863. 1st edition (BAL 1674). Publisher's deluxe full brown leather binding, with gilt title stamping to spine & front board, with decorations stamped in blind. AEG. Marbled paper eps. xiv, 411, [1 (blank)] pp. Bryant's Introduction, pp ix - siv. Chromolithographed title page. 42 scrumptious mezzotint engravings. Imperial 8vo. Square & tight. Modest shelfwear. Spine sunned, with front joint showing some rubbing. A VG - VG+ copy.