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Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York 1863. D. T. Valentine
17494New York: Edmond Jones & Co. Hardcover. Very good overall. The color plates in fabulous condition providing an intimate look at this great city during the Civil War. Particularly beautiful plates include the color engraved frontispiece the US Ironclad Steam Ship the Metropolitan Police Headquarters at Mulberry St. the Old Bowery Theatre 1860 the Clendening Mansion the Interior of the Somerindyke House Greenwich Street below Thames Street the Theological Seminary the Ladies Union Aid Society Part of the House where Talleyrand lived Somerindyke Estate the Jackson Ferry Old Storehouses Corner Pearl and Chatham View of Harlaem from Morisania Residence of Late Mayor Tieman's Father View of Baxter late Orange St. between Hester and Grand and the Junction of Canal and Walker Street near Centre St. Thick 8vo xii 852pp three folding maps at frontis. With many color plates some folding and duotones. Spine ends rubbed top of hinge at spine w short split. Internally very good the plates are immaculate. Edmond Jones & Co hardcover
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €
