CHICAGO]. Chicago Illustrated. Literary Descriptions by James W. Sheahan . Chicago: Jevne & Almini, January 1866-January 1867.
CHICAGO]. Chicago Illustrated. Literary Descriptions by James W. Sheahan . Chicago: Jevne & Almini, January 1866-January 1867. 13 original parts [all published], oblong folio (295 x 375mm. approximately). Complete set of 52 fine tinted lithographed plates containing city views by Louis Kurz and the Chicago Lithographing Company (very minor pale foxing to a few plate margins, some occasional minor offsetting to text). COMPLETE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHED PICTORIAL WRAPPERS (slight wear to spines with a few minor repairs, otherwise particularly fine); quarter morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS of this unparalleled portrait of pre-fire Chicago. The lithographed views by Austrian-born Louis Kurz depict Chicago's bustling streets, major transportation sites, and its prominent architecture. Otto Jevne and Peter M. Almini were partners in a Chicago decorating firm specializing in ornamental painting who in 1865 joined three lithographers, including Kurz, to form the Chicago Lithographing Company. Kurz later formed the famous Kurz & Allison firm, which drew and lithographed the prints for this ambitious portfolio, entitled Chicago Illustrated. The text was written by James W. Sheahan, a former Democratic newspaper publisher and journalist who worked for the Chicago Tribune . In the prospectus for the work Jevne and Almini proposed "to publish, in Monthly Parts, an illustrated History of Chicago,--that is, a history of the more important and striking evidences of the city's improvement and enterprise." The complete portfolio was originally intended to consist of twenty-five parts, each of which was to contain "at least four tinted Lithographic Views of the Public Buildings, Churches, important thorough-fares, of the River and Harbor, of the Lake Park and Great Central Depot, and other objects and points of interest." The parts were issued, at $1.50 per fascicle, between January, 1866, and January, 1867, when the project terminated. Although the project was never completed the fifty-two images produced provide a fascinating documentation of pre-fire Chicago, and rank among the finest American city portraits. The former Director of the Chicago Historical Society, Paul M. Angle, considered Chicago Illustrated "outstanding for several reasons" including that it "was written, drawn, and published by Chicagoans, and is the best source for the physical appearance of the city that the Great Fire destroyed in 1871" ( Antiques , Jan. 1953, 61). With the original prospectus laid-in the first part. EXCEEDINGLY RARE: no full set in complete original wrappers is recorded at auction, according to American Book Prices Current . A VERY FINE COMPLETE SET IN PARTS OF THIS RARE AND SIGNIFICANT RECORD. Howes J-108.
CHICAGO]. Chicago Illustrated. Literary Descriptions by James W. Sheahan . Chicago: Jevne & Almini, January 1866-January 1867.
CHICAGO]. Chicago Illustrated. Literary Descriptions by James W. Sheahan . Chicago: Jevne & Almini, January 1866-January 1867. 13 original parts [all published], oblong folio (295 x 375mm. approximately). Complete set of 52 fine tinted lithographed plates containing city views by Louis Kurz and the Chicago Lithographing Company (very minor pale foxing to a few plate margins, some occasional minor offsetting to text). COMPLETE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHED PICTORIAL WRAPPERS (slight wear to spines with a few minor repairs, otherwise particularly fine); quarter morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS of this unparalleled portrait of pre-fire Chicago. The lithographed views by Austrian-born Louis Kurz depict Chicago's bustling streets, major transportation sites, and its prominent architecture. Otto Jevne and Peter M. Almini were partners in a Chicago decorating firm specializing in ornamental painting who in 1865 joined three lithographers, including Kurz, to form the Chicago Lithographing Company. Kurz later formed the famous Kurz & Allison firm, which drew and lithographed the prints for this ambitious portfolio, entitled Chicago Illustrated. The text was written by James W. Sheahan, a former Democratic newspaper publisher and journalist who worked for the Chicago Tribune . In the prospectus for the work Jevne and Almini proposed "to publish, in Monthly Parts, an illustrated History of Chicago,--that is, a history of the more important and striking evidences of the city's improvement and enterprise." The complete portfolio was originally intended to consist of twenty-five parts, each of which was to contain "at least four tinted Lithographic Views of the Public Buildings, Churches, important thorough-fares, of the River and Harbor, of the Lake Park and Great Central Depot, and other objects and points of interest." The parts were issued, at $1.50 per fascicle, between January, 1866, and January, 1867, when the project terminated. Although the project was never completed the fifty-two images produced provide a fascinating documentation of pre-fire Chicago, and rank among the finest American city portraits. The former Director of the Chicago Historical Society, Paul M. Angle, considered Chicago Illustrated "outstanding for several reasons" including that it "was written, drawn, and published by Chicagoans, and is the best source for the physical appearance of the city that the Great Fire destroyed in 1871" ( Antiques , Jan. 1953, 61). With the original prospectus laid-in the first part. EXCEEDINGLY RARE: no full set in complete original wrappers is recorded at auction, according to American Book Prices Current . A VERY FINE COMPLETE SET IN PARTS OF THIS RARE AND SIGNIFICANT RECORD. Howes J-108.
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