Abraham Lincoln, his Great Funeral Cortege. from Washington City to Springfield, Illinois. With a History and Description of the National Lincoln Monument

Springfield, IL: [Privately Printed], 1872. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait of Lincoln and 11 text illustrations. Complete with the fold-out map. Blue cloth with blind-ruled boards, very lightly rubbed. Generally a fresh and bright copy inscribed in the year of publication to Newton Bateman, a well known Illinois educator. First edition. This work describes the life, and then the public mourning, of the assassinated President. The author details the funeral, funeral train, and the monument built for Lincoln in Springfield. (Inventory #: 12463)