[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), his copy]. KEDDIE, William (1809-1877), editor. Cyclopaedia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote. Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1859.

8vo. Original brick cloth, gilt-lettered spine, recased, endpapers renewed, lower cover stained; repaired closed tear affecting letters on p.vii; in quarter morocco slip case and chemise. 

PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN FROM THE PUBLISHERS: "Abraham Lincoln, Compliments of Publisher." Follett, Foster and Company published the Lincoln-Douglas debates the following year and would later publish Lincoln's campaign biography.

Provenance:

Abraham Lincoln (gift inscription from publisher).

Louise Taper, Beverly Hills, California.

Property from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Foundation