[Rarebooks] fs: A Few Odd Graveyard, Funeral & Mourning books

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

from the new issue of our printed catalog, A GRAVE AFFAIR-


Andrews, William. "CURIOUS EPITAPHS..."  London; William Andrews and 
Company: 1899. 2nd Edition. Edition limited to 500 copies. This work was 
first published in 1883. The author, one of those tireless English 
Victorian antiquaries, collected these epitaphs himself. This edition was 
completely reworked, with much new material and a number of illustrations 
(but, alas!, he dropped the bibliography!).  Hardcover. 6"x9", 241 pages, 
b/w and line illustrations. Original red pebbled cloth. Some light wear to 
the covers and a bit of internal spotting on the endpapers. [00524] $150.00


Elliot, Huger. "MEMORIAL ART" Cambridge; Granite, Marble & Bronze:1923. 
Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. A series of articles first 
published in Granite, Marble and Bronze magazine, focusing on good taste in 
memorials of all types, including tombs, columns, stones, lettering, 
ornament, etc., over the centuries. The mandate of "good taste" gives the 
author much latitude and gives this work some depth as an historical 
survey, though not a comprehensive one. Above all, the author is distressed 
by the poor taste shown in early 20th century memorial art, and strives to 
educate his fellow professionals on this subject, with discussion and 
illustrations of examples dating back to antiquity.  Hardcover.   8.5"x11", 
172 pages with 13 text figures, plus 24 b&w plates; lightly worn covers. 
[14572] $175.00


St. James Church. "AN ACT FOR PULLING DOWN THE CHURCH OF SAINT JAMES AT 
CLERKENWELL, in the County of Middlesex, and for building a New Church, and 
making a new Church-yard, or Cemetery, in the said Parish, with convenient 
Avenues and Passages thereto"  London; Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan: May 
18th, 1788. An interesting record of the work it took to take down an old 
church and graveyard and put up a new one. St. James at Clerkenwell was a 
combination of 17th and 18th century styles built over an older abbey; it 
was taken down and replaced by a nice Georgian structure which still 
stands. Much of this document has to do with the financing of the project, 
the trustees, and arrangements to purchase adjoining lands. There is, 
however, mention of the existing graveyard and memorials and tombs within 
the church, and how they are to be treated and preserved. It is also 
decreed that the only burials in the new church shall be in vaults. Removed 
from a larger volume, with a new paper spine; 8”x12”, pp.259-302; light 
soil. [06010] $150.00


Sweerts, Pierre François. "EPITAPHIA IOCO-SERIA, LATINA, GALLICA, ITALICA, 
HISPANICA, LUVSITANICA, BELIGICA"  Coloniae; Bernard Gaultheri: 1623.  A 
very attractive 17th century collection of epitaphs, with an emphasis on 
ancient examples, but also including more modern European 
epitaphs.  Hardcover. 3.75"x6", [vi] + [viii] + 352 pages. Several woodcut 
head and tailpieces. Bound in full period polished calf with gilt scrolls 
on the spine and covers; red spine label; marbled endpapers. Small black 
and gilt collector's ticket- "Du Cabinet de M. Borlut de Noortdomk". Neat 
penned notes in an 18th century hand on the rear endpaper. Light cover 
wear, a small amount of internal soil, and a few gathers bound slightly 
close to the inner margin, but otherwise a very attractive copy. [00564] 
$375.00


Vincent, W.T. "IN SEARCH OF GRAVESTONES, OLD AND CURIOUS" London; Mitchell 
& Hughes: 1896. 1st Edition. Not simply a book of epitaphs, this is also a 
book of English gravestone designs. The author includes separate chapters 
on artistic gravestones, professional gravestones, early gravestones, 
gravestones in Ireland, Scotland and abroad, and the regulation of 
gravestones. 102 stones are illustrated in graceful, if somewhat offhand, 
line drawings.  Hardcover. 5.5"x9", xii + 114 pages, 102 line 
illustrations. Original red smooth cloth with gilt lettering. Light cover 
wear. There is a dryness to the binding, and a few pages are a bit loose. 
[00526] $125.00


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS appointed by the Common Council of 
the City of New York, TO RENDER A SUITABLE TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY 
OF THE HON. DANIEL WEBSTER, late Secretary of State of the United States. 
New York; McSpedon & Baker: 1853. Includes the Obituary Addresses in the 
Senate and House, descriptions of the funeral ceremonies and parade in New 
York, and the texts of a number of eulogies and addresses. The 3 
lithographed plates illustrate the solemnities in New York, including the 
oration at Metropolitan Hall, and the parade at Astor Place and City Hall. 
A nicely designed book, with the text on each page enclosed in a thick 
black border and surmounted by drapery and a lamp at the top. Hardcover. 
6”x9”, 256 pages, 3 lithographed plates; original dark brown cloth with 
gilt-impressed urn and willow on the cover; covers with some light wear, 
spine head chipped; a little browning to the text and minor foxing. [06034] 
$75.00


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