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Sale 2679 - Lot 16

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

New York in 1876.
18 miniature tinted lithographed vignettes of New York City architecture folding into an embossed metallic-paper card case resembling a Liberty dollar; 4½ cm, 1¾ inches circular; minor wear. Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1876.

A darling little piece of Centennial ephemera, the diminutive leporello unfolds from very realistic-looking coin covers to reveal tiny views of: Broadway at the corner of Grand Street; Panorama from Brooklyn Bridge Pier; Terrace Bridge Arch Central Park; City Hall; Astor Library Lafayette Place; Panorama from New Post Office; High Bridge from the East; Park and Chatham St. from New Post Office; Broadway Near Post Office; Park Bank and Knox Buildings; Equitable Life Ins. Building; View in Fifth Avenue; Entrance to Greenwood Cemetery; Union Square & Everett House; View in Central Park; Broadway Corner Broome Street; Bow Bridge Central Park; Auld Lang Syne.

OCLC locates one example, University of Virginia.
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