A small antique book circa 1852 from a collection named The Silver Lake Stories. The Cornucopia; A Collection of Pieces in Prose and Rhyme with illustrations by Cousin Cicely. Published by Alden, Beardsley & Co, Auburn. The dark cover has green undertones and a decorative gilt title block. There is heavy gilt decoration on the backstrip that is rubbed. The cover corners bend downward. The white endpages are heavily foxed. There is gilt on the foredge. The title page has a large foxing or soil spot as well as through page 22. Many pages have soiling in the margin or foxing. The pages are more white and cleaner in the second-half of the book. There are several illustrations throughout. 156 pages. Size: 6 x 4 5/8".
