Description+of+The+Rose

// The Rose: or Affection's Gift for 1847 //

 * DESCRIPTION: **

Edited by Emily Marshall New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1847 Philadelphia: George S. Appleton

//The Rose: or Affection's Gift for 1847// is a small, pocket-sized book that has been rebound with a maroon conservator's cover. The book's textblock is characterized by gilt edged pages (crafted of wood pulp), wide margins and 3 blank end sheets at both the beginning and end of the book, possibly included to provide room for inscriptions and notes. //The Rose// contains a collection of 35 poems and short stories by a variety of authors, accompanied by 10 steel engravings by E. Finden, from the sketches of Major Denham. //The Rose: or Affection's Gift for 1847// was given to the Goucher College Library by Sara Hardt Mencken, (class of 1920) and now resides in Goucher College's Special Collections and Archives.