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It’s #PublishersBindingThursday, and we have Hen Fever!

We love this binding on our copy of George Burnham’s The History of the Hen Fever (Boston, 1855), in which he claims, “Never in the history of modern ‘bubbles’, did any mania exceed in ridiculousness or ludicrousness.” 

Hen Fever refers to the mid-19th-century trend in collecting rare and beautiful chickens from around the world, popularized by Queen Victoria and her aviary. Although the trend was over as quickly as it began, we are thrilled it resulted in this incredible binding! #Feathursday

[1855], The history of the hen fever : a humorous record.  Burnham, Geo. P. (George Pickering).  Boston : James French and Co.