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Lossing (Benson): History of New York, New York and Chicago, A.S.Barnes and Company, 1884, 2 vols., 4to, lge. paper copy, ÉDITION DE LUXE, number 15 of 250 copies signed by the author and engraver, engraved frontispiece, additional title and numerous plates by George Perrine, on India paper, mounted (some slight dampstaining affecting upper margins of the some preliminaries in vol. I), contemporary morocco, gilt (rubbed), g.e. -- American Families, New York, The American Historical Society, [n.d.], 4to, ÉDITION DE LUXE, number 21 of 50 copies, hand-coloured title, steel-engraved plates on India paper, mounted, coloured lithographed armorial plates, contemporary blue morocco, gilt, covers with onlaid maroon morocco borders with stylised strapwork and floral cornerpieces, armorial centerpieces with coloured morocco onlays, 6 section spine, gilt, maroon morocco doublures with white watered-silk liners (joints cracked, extremities rubbed), t.e.g.; and 50 others. (53)