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James Smillie and Nehemiah Cleaveland, 1847
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Green-Wood Illustrated
James Smillie and Nehemiah Cleaveland, 1847
SMILLIE, James (1807-1885) and CLEAVELAND, Nehemiah (1796-1877). Green-Wood Illustrated in highly finished Line Engraving. New York: Robert Martin, 1847.
First edition of a plate book devoted to Brooklyn's iconic Green-Wood Cemetery, in a fine gift binding. Cleaveland wrote the learned descriptions and the engravings are after Smillie—both of whom are laid to rest in the cemetery.
Quarto (353 x 262mm). Subscriber's list. Plan of the cemetery as frontispiece, engraved title with vignette, 17 engraved plates with tissue guards (a few plates foxed). Contemporary green gilt morocco with vignette of the Greenwood entrance and "To My Sister Rebecca" on front board.
James Smillie and Nehemiah Cleaveland, 1847
SMILLIE, James (1807-1885) and CLEAVELAND, Nehemiah (1796-1877). Green-Wood Illustrated in highly finished Line Engraving. New York: Robert Martin, 1847.
First edition of a plate book devoted to Brooklyn's iconic Green-Wood Cemetery, in a fine gift binding. Cleaveland wrote the learned descriptions and the engravings are after Smillie—both of whom are laid to rest in the cemetery.
Quarto (353 x 262mm). Subscriber's list. Plan of the cemetery as frontispiece, engraved title with vignette, 17 engraved plates with tissue guards (a few plates foxed). Contemporary green gilt morocco with vignette of the Greenwood entrance and "To My Sister Rebecca" on front board.
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