Report of the Commissioner of Patents For the Year 1862 - Arts and Manufactures (Provenance - Civil War Colonel's copy)

"Report of the Commissioner of Patents" For the Year 1862 - Arts and Manufactures. CIVIL WAR PROVENANCE - see below. Illustrations only - all 446 pages of this volume contain multiple drawings...there are well over 2,000 drawings in all. Published in 1865 by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. Uncommon copy with thousands of Civil War-era patent drawings previously owned by a Civil War colonel.

At the front of the book is a handwritten note detailing the book's provenance, as follows: "Austin H. Patterson's Book. Received Nov 30, 1877 through the kindness of an old friend and fellow Democrat, an Honest man and Representative of the people, [full name illegible, though 'Butler' appears to be the surname]." Patterson was a Democrat Party politician from New Jersey whose political career was interrupted by the Civil War. He served in the War as captain of Company A of the 14th New Jersey Regiment, as a staff officer of the First Army Corps Army of the Potomac, and was promoted to major of the Thirty Fifth New Jersey Volunteers...he retired from military service with the rank of colonel. Patterson reentered politics at the end of the War.

Condition:
The green cloth has faded a bit at the top edge of the front cover; some very light staining at the right edge of the back cover. The lettering on the spine has faded. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The text pages are in nice condition - clean with no notable issues found. Heavy foxing to the end papers and pastedowns. Provenance written neatly in pencil dated 1877 on front end paper. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.