Isaac

1889 · WRCAM31715 — Toledo: Isaac D. Smead & Co. 1889. 2154pp. including sixteen chromolithographic plates and several other illustrations. Portrait. Original green cloth. Minute shelf wear. An occasional ink stamp of "Smead Willis & Co" on a text page or plate but not affecting the image else very clean internally. Near fine. A full consideration of the heating and ventilation system designed by Isaac D. Smead showing colored diagrams of the systems and illustrations of the various buildings in which the design had been implemented. The numerous chromolithographic plates printed in rich and varying color show Smead's designs in riveting detail. This copy contains sixteen chromolithographic plates - two more than we have seen in other copies. A nice intersection of technical expertise and American color plate book production. Scarce. ROMAINE p.363. Isaac D. Smead & Co. hardcover books