A Description of the New York Central Park
by Cook Clarence
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
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South Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Huntington, 1869. Boards. Good +. First edition. 206 pp.; One hundred illustrations from engraving ; all edges gilt; two former owner's name on front fly leaf Nellie Mellen in 1869 and a 1956 stamp, minor wear to crown and base of spine; in ornate gilt-stamped and decorated green pebbled cloth having appearence of morocco leather. Publisher's note describes the artist as A F Bellows, the engravers "cutting through the wood" but to my eye appears to be engraved on metal, press work the hand of Alvord, The author;s name is not actually listed ....Many scenes described no longer present in Central Park. In the mid-1850s Cook began to read works by John Ruskin and associated with a group of American artists, writers, and architects who followed Ruskin's thinking. Through this group he became aware of the British Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1863, with Clarence King and John William Hill he helped to found the Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art, an American group, similar to the Pre-Raphaelites, who published a journal called The New Path.(Wikipedia)
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- Bookseller
- Schoen Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 291779
- Title
- A Description of the New York Central Park
- Author
- Cook Clarence
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Huntington
- Date Published
- 1869
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