Raynors HCA 2019-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/21/2019
Book, “Tour Around The World” General Ulysses Grant, Jones Brothers & Company, Cincinnati, 1879, 810pp., 1st edition, green decorated cloth, gilt, VG. frontis engraved Grant image; and, the book is “embellished with nearly 200 fine historical engravings and portraits”. Grant began his tour in May 1877, only a couple of months after Grant's second presidential term had ended. The tour was filled with visits to a variety of places and prominent people, including Queen Victoria, Pope Leo XIII, Otto von Bismarck and other such dignitaries around the world. The Grants had a flexible itinerary and their visits to various countries would bring them to Paris three times during their tour. Grant was often received by cheering crowds as "General Grant" the Civil War hero in the various countries along the tour, often with official greetings and huge celebrations.
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