Individual census record · C091

Duncan Family Presentation Copy

Ink inscription on a blank leaf: “Henry E. Duncan Jr / from / his father / H. E. D. / Christmas 1896.”

RepositoryUniversity of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections

LocationTucson, Arizona

Shelfmark / Call NumberPJ1531 .R3 1858 ↗

BindingLater half binding: brown leather spine with gilt fillets, wide dark green leather bands on the boards, and marbled paper sides. The spine is gilt-lettered with the dedication to the Hon. Henry D. Gilpin, late Attorney General of the United States. The binder and date are unrecorded.

Edition EvidenceThe chromolithographic title has no “SECOND EDITION” statement, and the botanical dedication to Henry D. Gilpin is present, confirming the 1858 first edition. Morton’s preface ends “Dec 14th” and is signed “H. Morton.”

Presentation / AssociationInk inscription on a blank leaf: “Henry E. Duncan Jr / from / his father / H. E. D. / Christmas 1896.”

Pasted ClippingA newspaper clipping pasted inside a board reads: “—M. Auguste Mariette, the eminent French Archæologist, writes from Egypt that he has discovered, buried in the sand in the immediate vicinity of the Sphynx, the remains of a large granite palace. He takes it to be the palace of Cephrenes, the builder of one of the three great Pyramids, and whose date Lespius [?] fixes at 3,600 B. C. No less than seven statues of Cephrenes was found in this palace.” Its source and date are unrecorded.

Provenance Chain

Rev. Henry Erskine Duncan, D.D. (“H. E. D.”), presenter, Christmas 1896 → Henry Erskine Duncan Jr. → unresolved gap → University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections

People in This Copy

Rev. Henry Erskine Duncan, D.D. · Henry Erskine Duncan Jr.

Sources and Documentation

University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections copy information and nine copy-specific photographs, October 2026; University of Arizona Libraries catalog record.

Visual Record

C091: Later half binding: dark green leather band and marbled paper side — **Front board** · Later half binding: dark green leather band and marbled paper side

C091: Dark green leather band and marbled paper side — **Rear board** · Dark green leather band and marbled paper side

C091: Brown leather with gilt fillets, gilt-lettered with the dedication to Henry D. Gilpin — **Spine** · Brown leather with gilt fillets, gilt-lettered with the dedication to Henry D. Gilpin

C091: Gilt dedication to the Hon. Henry D. Gilpin, late Attorney General of the United States — **Spine lettering** · Gilt dedication to the Hon. Henry D. Gilpin, late Attorney General of the United States

C091: “Henry E. Duncan Jr / from / his father / H. E. D. / Christmas 1896.” — **Presentation inscription** · “Henry E. Duncan Jr / from / his father / H. E. D. / Christmas 1896.”

C091: No “SECOND EDITION” statement — **First-edition title** · No “SECOND EDITION” statement

C091: Botanical dedication to the Hon. Henry D. Gilpin — **Dedication leaf** · Botanical dedication to the Hon. Henry D. Gilpin

C091: Auguste Mariette’s report of a granite palace found near the Sphinx — **Pasted newspaper clipping** · Auguste Mariette’s report of a granite palace found near the Sphinx

C091: End of Morton’s preface, signed “H. Morton,” “Dec 14th” — **Preface** · End of Morton’s preface, signed “H. Morton,” “Dec 14th”

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