Decorative embossed leather gift book c.1849 Orations Poetry Moral Religious[Old Books, Leather Books, Poetry, Religion, Christianity, Decorative Leather Bindings]. Orations and Poetry, on Moral and Religious Subjects, by Roswell Rice, Esq. Published c. 1849, Albany by C. van Benthuysen. 367 pages. Text in English. Wood engraved frontis portrait. Period full embossed leather binding, smooth spine, gilt spine decorations and title lettering, geometric and floral scroll border patterns concentrically embossed on both covers.