Unattributed "Brown University"

Unattributed. "Brown University." From Robert Sears The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art and Mind. 

New York: 1848-54.  Wood engraving.  2 7/8 x 4 3/4. Foxing in area around image. Else, very good condition.

Robert Sears was a New York publisher of “Popular Pictorial Works.”  Sears’ publications included histories, bibles, and descriptions of various parts of the world, each “most splendidly-illustrated” with wood engravings; these books were intended for “all persons interested in the diffusion of useful knowledge.  A Book for the Wives and Children of the Farmer, Mechanic, Laborer, Physician, Lawyer, and Divine—for Person in every sphere and station of Life, and for Followers of every Pursuit.”