(FOOD AND DRINK) BIDDLE NICHOLAS An Ode to Bogle July 16

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(FOOD AND DRINK.) BIDDLE, NICHOLAS. An Ode to Bogle . . . July 16, 1829. 8 pages, 8vo, original printed tan wrappers with "Verses by Nicholas Biddle" on the upper cover; in a specially made clamshell box. Philadelphia: privately printed for Ferdinand J. Dreer, 1865

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rare first printing, issued in very small number for personal distribution. Robert Bogle, was an African American caterer and undertaker, and a fixture in Philadelphia's old free black community. He was in such demand that it would not be unusual for him to lead a funeral procession in the afternoon, and officiate at a lavish dinner in the evening. Nicholas Biddle, a scion of Philadelphia's high society celebrated Bogle's talents in this "Ode," first published in 1865. Featured in the Library Company of Philadelphia's 1503-1903 Exhibition catalogue #155 with the following comment: "The Gentler nature waits on all/ When parties rage, on you they call."