Description:
Knightstown, IN: The Bookmark, 1976. Facsimile reprint of the original 1868 first edition. There are a few inked ownership marks on the front cover and title page, as well as an old inked price. The binder's tape spine cover is a little worn, and there is light other general wear. Volume remains tight, and is otherwise generally clean. Good working copy.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Folio.
Map of the City of Providence, Rhode Island by WALLING, H. F - 1857
by WALLING, H. F
Map of the City of Providence, Rhode Island
by WALLING, H. F
- Used
- Hardcover
Providence: F. A. Baker, 1857. Hand-coloured, engraved folding wall map, sectioned and linen-backed as issued. Sheet size: approx. 57 3/4 x 62 inches. Ten lithographed inset views (trimmed and mounted as issued). Folds into publisher's cloth portfolio, upper cover lettered in gilt. Very rare wall map of the city of Providence, with individual buildings and landowners named. An extraordinary map, on the scale of 350 feet to the inch, with numerous individual buildings and landowners named. The views comprise: New Custom House, Post Office and U.S. court rooms; Brown University; Providence Institution for Savings; Butler Hospital for the Insane; First Baptist Meeting House; Grace Church; General railroad passenger station; Central Congregational Church; Providence Athenaeum; Central Baptist Church. Not in Rumsey or Phillips.
- Bookseller Donald Heald Rare Books (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher F. A. Baker
- Place of Publication Providence
- Date Published 1857
- Keywords 19th century