Universal history in perspective : divided into three parts, ancient, middle, and modern : illustrated by a series of maps and engravings, a chronological table, and map of time / by Emma Willard, author of History of the United States, etc., etc., etc.

Copy 1: Pencil inscriptions in an early hand on recto of frontispiece: "T.H.L.", "Thomas Lee Hatch, Keokuk, Iowa", and "Thos. Lee Hatch, Keokuk, Iowa"; "Henry Lee Hatch" and other pencil inscriptions on frontispiece; inscription at head of title page: "Henry Lee Hatchs"; pencil inscription at head of page [v]: "H. Lee Hatch, Keokuk, Iowa"; "Lee Hatch" inscribed in pencil on page 71; pencil inscription on recto of first rear fly-leaf: "H. Lee Hatch, Keokuk"; "Henry Lee Hatch, Keokuk" inscribed in pencil on verso of second rear fly-leaf; inscription next to author's name on title page: "Robb" (?); inscription on page [vi]: "You old smoker. I smelt it on Ella Smith this morning -- Ella P[..] Miss Danyon [?] and I smoked a whole cigar and a half-"; pencil inscription at head of page 225: "Trinie [?] Bristow, Alice Askew, Lizzie Kelter [?], Jennie Marshall"; pencil inscription on page 515: "Trinie [?] Bristow"; pencil inscription on verso of first rear fly-leaf: "Jennie [?] Green"; pencil inscription on recto of second rear fly-leaf: "Green"; "Nasty old algebra, [nasty old] geometry" inscribed on verso of second rear fly-leaf; early notes in pencil on front paste-down (partially covered by bookplate) and recto and verso of front free end-paper; mathematical diagrams in pencil on recto of frontispiece and page [ii]; pencil inscription (mostly defaced) at head of page [iii]; marginal markings and brief notes in pencil in numerous locations throughout; drypoint markings on leaf [2]: repeated Rs; rubbing of an 1857 [?] half-dime on recto of second rear fly-leaf (obverse only) and recto of rear free end-paper (both sides); bookplate of the General Library of the University of Michigan on front paste-down: "Presented by Prof Hempl, 10/5/03" (George Hempl [1859-1921] was an American philologist and was professor of English philology and general linguistics at the University of Michigan from 1897 to 1906); embossed stamp on title page: "Michigan"; perforated stamp on pages [99] and 145: "U of M"; former shelf-mark inscribed in pencil on recto of front free end-paper: "PM 909 1856 W"; pencil inscription on title page: "122021"; evidence of a label or card pocket on rear paste-down.

Inscription on recto of second front fly-leaf (likely original first front fly-leaf): "Presented by A. S. Barnes + Co of New York to the Mich. Agil. College, February 3d, 1858"; inscription on verso of title page: "1236" (MSU accession number?); marginal markings in pencil in several locations throughout.

MSU: Copy 1: Conservation funds provided by a Save America's Treasures grant, 2005-2008.

MSU: Copy 1: Leaf [2] torn; portion lacking.

Copy 1: In contemporary quarter calf with publisher's stamped brown cloth over boards; spine lettered and stamped in gilt (including a stamp of the Arctic Circle); red and white paper spine label, inscribed "P.M. 909 1856 W"; all edges marbled.

Copy 2: In modern brown library buckram; 19th-century leather spine label, lettered and tooled in gilt.