Evening Hours with My Children; Or, Conversations on the Gospel Story

New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1855 Brown cloth ruled in blind, pictorially stamped in gilt, corners turned, some fraying to spine ends and edges. Twelve conversations between a mother and her children about events from the Gospels, each illustrated with a full-page engraving. All engravings present, each with later, well-executed hand-coloring. Plates engraved by Josiah Wood Whymper and Matthew Urlwin Sears. Printed by R. Craighead, stereo- and electortype by Thomas B Smith. . First American Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Sir John Gilbert (After). 4to.