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MEMOIR, PREPARED AT THE REQUEST OF A COMMITTEE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND...

MEMOIR, PREPARED AT THE REQUEST OF A COMMITTEE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR OF THE CITY, AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW YORK CANALS

by COLDEN, Cadwallader

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Used - Light to moderate foxing, but generally a Near Fine and special copy of this rare and attractive book
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New York: Corporation of New York, 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Light to moderate foxing, but generally a Near Fine and special copy of this rare and attractive book. Quarto (7-3/4" x 9-3/4"), bound in full gilt-decorated calf leather with the city seal blindstamped on both covers, neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down; v, [3], 408, [2] pages. Illustrated with the 47 listed lithographs, many folding, including 2 large folding hand-colored maps, as well as 8 lithographed facsimiles of testimonial letters by John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette, and a few lithographs not listed. All lithographs were executed by Anthony Imbert, whom Harry Peters called the pioneer lithographer of New York City, after drawings by Asher B. Durand and others, including at least 3 by George Catlin. One of the first recorded American books illustrated with lithographs. Howes C-562; American Imprints 20118; Peters, America on Stone, pp. 228-232. An important volume,… Read More
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