Item #17494 Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York 1863. D. T. Valentine. New York City color engravings.

Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York 1863. D. T. Valentine.

New York: Edmond Jones & Co. Hardcover. 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. Very good overall. Item #17494

Price: $450.00

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