(NEW YORK CITY) Booth Mary L History of the City of New York

Sale 2324 - Lot 271

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(NEW YORK CITY.) Booth, Mary L. History of the City of New York. 100 plates and text illustrations. 2 volumes. Large 8vo, contemporary 1/2 morocco gilt by Bradstreet, moderate wear; uncut; bookplate of William Hartmann Woodin (Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin Roosevelt) on front pastedown. #71 of 100 large-paper third edition sets, signed by the author on the limitation pages. New York, 1867

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extra-illustrated with more than 100 19th-century engravings and lithographs pertaining to New York City, and with 11 unsigned pencil-and-wash drawings of New York historical scenes and views.
Howes B615. Provenance: Parke-Bernet's William H. Woodin sale, 8 January 1942, lot 530; Swann sale, 29 September 1943, lot 330; Swann sale, 21 April 1994, lot 3, to the consignor.