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[STATUE OF LIBERTY]. Souvenir Programme of the Unveiling to the Government and the Presentation of the United States of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty. [New York: 1886]. 8vo. Original printed wrappers (260 x 175 mm). Wrappers worn, toned, soiled, creased, foxed, rear wrapper missing a large portion of the lower left corner, with damage and soiling to the rear wrapper near the spine, text toned with marginal creasing, and a few chips, and several areas of text are underlined in pencil. Program has a vertical crease at the center. This is a rare souvenir, commemorating the opening of one of the most beloved American monuments. French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) designed the statue in 1865; it was transported, assembled and installed in 1866.