Memoir, Prepared at the Request of a Committee of the Common Council of The City of New York, and Presented to the Mayor of the City, at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals.
New York: W. A. Davis, 1825. Small folio (9 ½ x 8 inches, 240x200 mm). 46 maps and plates, plus the facsimile testimonial letters. Modern quarter calf over marbled paper boards. Condition: Foxing and browning. Provenance : James G. Bennett (contemporary inked stamp on the title). An elaborate book, issued as part of New York City's celebration for the opening of the Erie Canal. Howes C562; Sabin 14279. [WITH:] A partly-printed document signed by Colden, appointing Abel Smith a city measurer. 28 September 1818. Laid in to the above.
Memoir, Prepared at the Request of a Committee of the Common Council of The City of New York, and Presented to the Mayor of the City, at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals.
New York: W. A. Davis, 1825. Small folio (9 ½ x 8 inches, 240x200 mm). 46 maps and plates, plus the facsimile testimonial letters. Modern quarter calf over marbled paper boards. Condition: Foxing and browning. Provenance : James G. Bennett (contemporary inked stamp on the title). An elaborate book, issued as part of New York City's celebration for the opening of the Erie Canal. Howes C562; Sabin 14279. [WITH:] A partly-printed document signed by Colden, appointing Abel Smith a city measurer. 28 September 1818. Laid in to the above.
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