A Collector's Guide to the Art of America's First Plastics, 1 and Berg 1-1

with--Group of 42 Union cases, comprising 36 sixth-plates, many with figural images on the covers, and 6 ninth-plates; all but two contain images. Circa 1859.

Select sixth-plate cases illustrated as follows: Lady and the Falcon (Krainik 132, Berg 1-113), Deer and the Pine Tree (Krainik 167, Berg 1-116), Calmady Children (Krainik 129, Berg 1-104), Stealing the Birds Egg (Krainik 139, Berg 1-102), Hunter with Kill (Krainik 131, Berg 1-94), Mother Embracing Child (Krainik 141, Berg 1-98), Voyage of Life, The Launching (Krainik 150, Berg 1-75), Beehive (Krainik 123, Berg 1-92), Liberty (Krainik 106, Berg 1-66), Washington Medallion, Four Stars (Krainik 102, Berg 1-73), Harvest Motif (Krainik 124, Berg 1-89), Rebekah at the Well (Krainik 155, Berg 1-85), Profile of Learned Man (Krainik 156, Berg 1-81), The Lion in Love (Krainik 147, Berg 1-83), The Clipper Ship (Krainik 100, Berg 1-59), The Indian Monument, Havana, Cuba (Krainik 126, Berg 1-61), The Daguerreian Gallery (Krainik 119), The Clam Shell (Krainik 209, Berg 2-67), Geometric-cross (Krainik 297, Berg 3-185), Geometric scroll-scallop edge (Krainik 337), Geometric-octagonal (Krainik 344, Berg 3-208), Geometric scroll-octagonal (Berg 3-205), Scallop scroll (Krainik 281), Geometric-circle (Krainik 346, Bell 3-128), Geometric-floral (Krainik 350, Berg 3-212), Geometric-scroll (Krainik 360), Grapes and Vine Motif (Krainik 185, Berg 2-27), Raising the Brood (Krainik 169, Berg 2-63), Two Pears (Krainik 178, Bell 2-19), Large Basket of Flowers (Krainik 193, Bell 2-40), Roses, Lilies and Basket of Flowers (Krainik 203, Bell 2-47), Shield with Ribbon and Stars (Krainik 166, Berg 3-113), Geometric scroll (Krainik 267), Geometric (Berg 3-135), Geometric scroll (Krainik 279, Berg 3-136).
Select ninth-plate cases illustrated as follows: American Gothic (Krainik 374), Night with her Children (Krainik 393), Moses Among the Bulrushes (Krainik 675).