Individual Book Details: A0080
Record Date |
02/16/2024 |
Collection Name |
1830 Palmyra |
Ownership Type |
Special Collections |
Owner |
Utah Historical Society |
Location |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Description |
1830 Book of Mormon, Joseph E Taylor and Family |
Provenance |
Inscriptions and bookplate listing this as one of the first 50 volumes bound. Given by Joseph Smith to Ruth V. Sayers and Polly Vose. Given in 1870 to Joseph E Taylor. Passed to Lisadore Williams Taylor, to Alma O Taylor, to Angie Taylor, then to Nicholas G Morgan Sr. |
Unique Features |
Spine: Noticeable vertical cracking. Visible gold ribbing. White library call numbers on lower part. Noticeable wear on corners and hinging. Spine Lettering and Label: Black ribbon present, Gold lettering present, small font formatting. Cover: Discolored rubbings on lower right and upper left areas. Wear on all corners and upper and lower edged. Back cover has discolored patch lower left corner with wear on edges. Binding: spine/cover hinging intact, but wearing thin. Front end papers missing. Front pastedown has typed page glued on listing provenance. Back pastedown with book plate sticker of Nicholas Morgan and ink stamp of Utah State Historical Society Title Page: Present. illegible annotation in gutter near second paragraph. Page wear on outer right edge. Water mark on top gutter left corner. Capital “C” on upper right corner Text: Various annotations in pencil in margins and edges. Inscription: Front inside pastedown: Joseph E Taylor (one faded and another crisper on overlaying first signature). Copyright second page verso: Notes and inscriptions listing provenance in pencil and pen. Notes: preface page, “iv”. Page 63, vertical crease, line 21 proper “himself”. Page 144 line 36, proper “about”. Page 205 line 3 fading i in “Nephi”. Page 212, “122” with annotation. Page 243 line 23, proper “all) with creases on page. Page 244 line 25, “reccive”, line 32 bgan with creases on page. Proper page number 487. Page 161 line 1 “fiat”. Page 521 line 8/9 “rum-derers”. Three Witness page line 10, proper “seen”. |
