Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory Panoramic Advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets wrapper title

by Julio H. Rae, fl

$3,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Period half calf and brown cloth boards, original printed label An incredible city directory and business promotional, illustrating eight blocks of Chestnut Street in downtown Philadelphia on sixteen beautifully executed lithographs. Following in the long tradition of the city directory but taking it to new heights, publisher Julio H. Rae produced the first truly visual directory of an American city. Each plate depicts a block or a portion of a block of

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