The Iconography Of Manhattan Island 1498 1909 Compiled From Original Sources And Illustrated By

by I N Phelps Stokes

$12,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition · Signed

First edition, one of 42 copies on japan vellum. Engraved title-pages in each volume present in two states, proofs on india mounted, signed by the artist; with proofs on india of chapter head- and tail-pieces those in vols. I-III, signed by artists Sidney L. Smith and Walter Airman , numerous engravings and facsimils trh. 6 vols. 4to. Original half vellum and blue cloth, t.e.g. Vol. II with gilt stamp of The Rose Bindery, Boston, on front turn-in. Blairhame

• Binding: Leather

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