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[CIVIL WAR]. VOLCK, Adalbert J. (1828-1912). Confederate War Etchings. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, [ca. 1882]. Folio. Complete with 29 etchings (380 x 291 mm). With publisher’s index sheet and explanation page. In original cloth-backed portfolio with printed paper label on front board (portfolio heavily worn and soiled, front board of portfolio loose, prints toned, dampstained and rubbed). THE FIRST OBTAINABLE EDITION OF THESE RARE ETCHINGS, ONE OF 100 COPIES PRINTED. The true first edition is virtually unobtainable, with only a few copies printed, and almost none surviving. Volck was a German-American dentist from Baltimore, who strongly sympathized with the Confederacy; he created these etchings to belittle Abraham Lincoln and support the Confederacy. His inflammatory etchings were quickly suppressed; in the 1880s, Porter and Coates were able to obtain the plates of 29 (of the original 30) etchings and re-publish them. Years later, Volck expressed regret for belittling Lincoln, although he never stopped his admiration of the Confederacy.