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FAY, Theodore Sedgwick (1807-1898). Views in New-York and its Environs from Accurate, Characteristic & Picturesque Drawings. New York: Peabody & Co.; London: O. Rich, 1831.
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FAY, Theodore Sedgwick (1807-1898). Views in New-York and its Environs from Accurate, Characteristic & Picturesque Drawings. New York: Peabody & Co.; London: O. Rich, 1831.
4o (260 x 206 mm). Engraved title with vignette, 15 engraved plates, 9 on mounted india paper, engraved folding map by Hooker, hand-colored in outline. (Some offsetting from tissue guards, some foxing and pale staining, map with a small split along fold.) Contemporary half roan (joints split, some wear). Provenance: Dugas de la Boissonny (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION: A RARE COMPLETE COPY. "The Peabody prints offer fascinating glimpses of New York in the 1830s" (Deák). The book was originally issued in parts; ten were planned, but only eight were published through 1834. Theodore S. Fay later became a novelist and worked for the Department of State. This is his first publication. The street map of lower Manhattan to 52nd St bears the title "Map of the City of New-York compiled and surveyed by William Hooker." It was issued with part five in 1832. BAL 5686; Deák 399; Stokes 3:599-603.
4o (260 x 206 mm). Engraved title with vignette, 15 engraved plates, 9 on mounted india paper, engraved folding map by Hooker, hand-colored in outline. (Some offsetting from tissue guards, some foxing and pale staining, map with a small split along fold.) Contemporary half roan (joints split, some wear). Provenance: Dugas de la Boissonny (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION: A RARE COMPLETE COPY. "The Peabody prints offer fascinating glimpses of New York in the 1830s" (Deák). The book was originally issued in parts; ten were planned, but only eight were published through 1834. Theodore S. Fay later became a novelist and worked for the Department of State. This is his first publication. The street map of lower Manhattan to 52nd St bears the title "Map of the City of New-York compiled and surveyed by William Hooker." It was issued with part five in 1832. BAL 5686; Deák 399; Stokes 3:599-603.