South East Corner of Third, and Market Streets

by William R. Birch, Thomas Birch

$2,400 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Plate 8 from the very rare first American colour-plate book, with views that are uniquely valuable among American historical prints Martin Snyder . This plate is especially rich as a record of commercial Philadelphia during the city's decade as the national capital. The scene centers on the building known as Cooke's Folly, erected about 1792 by the goldsmith and jeweller Joseph Cooke, with shops below and apartments above. Its elaborate urban façade, here shown

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