BEAUTIFULLY BOUND COLONIAL FAMILIES OF AMERICA
LAWRENCE, Ruth, editor. Colonial Families of America. New York: National Americana Society, circa 1928. Three volumes. Thick folio, contemporary three-quarter blue morocco, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt.
First edition of this handsome compilation of colonial family histories and genealogies for 68 families, illustrated with numerous portraits and hand-colored coats of arms.
Families include: Alston, Averell, Bacon, Battelle, Blodgett, Bloodgood, Bond, Brattle, Carman, Carr, Carpenter, Cass, Chamberlain, Chapman, Choate, Clarke, Coffin, Colman, Davis, Day, De Forest, Draper, Eaton, Elkins, Fahnestock, Foster, Gaillard, Gannett, Gerry, Goodwin, Gould, Greenough, Gregory, Hall, Hepburn, Hill, Hilliard, Kellogg, Kingsley, Lambert, Ledyard, Lee, Longfellow, Lowell, Macy, Marshall, Nickerson, Parker, Pearson, Peck, Prince, Putnam, Rossiter, Scott, Smith, Snowden, Sperry, Tarbox, Underhill, Vanderbilt, Wales, Waters, Wendell, Wetherill, Willard and Willets.
Fine condition.