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Green-Wood Illustrated. In Highly Finished Line Engraving, From Drawings Taken on the Spot. With Descriptive notices by Nehemiah Cleaveland. Bound with: Mount Auburn. Illustrated in a Series of Views from drawings by James Smilie. Letter Press Description by Cornelia W. Walter

Green-Wood Illustrated. In Highly Finished Line Engraving, From Drawings Taken on the Spot. With Descriptive notices by Nehemiah Cleaveland. Bound with: Mount Auburn. Illustrated in a Series of Views from drawings by James Smilie. Letter Press Description by Cornelia W. Walter by SMILLIE, James; Nehemia CLEAVELAND

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Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Title
Green-Wood Illustrated. In Highly Finished Line Engraving, From Drawings Taken on the Spot. With Descriptive notices by Nehemiah Cleaveland. Bound with: Mount Auburn. Illustrated in a Series of Views from drawings by James Smilie. Letter Press Description by Cornelia W. Walter
Author
SMILLIE, James; Nehemia CLEAVELAND
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
New York: R. Martin, 170 Broadway & 66 Beekman St, 1851. [TRAVEL] [CEMETERY]. 4to; viii, 93pp + 22 engraved plates with tissue guards including map and facing half-title; and 119pp + 22 engraved plates with tissue guards including map and facing half-title; decorated red Morocco rebacked, 5 raised bands on spine, gilt-stamped vignette on front and rear; all edges gilt; modern endpapers with owners signature on ffep; engraved map of Green-Wood and Auburn cemeteries; heavy bumping of corners with loss, light soiling to boards, light age-toning of paper, foxing and damp stain to Green-wood half-title, scattered foxing; a few finger spots; very good. An in-depth look at two rural cemeteries of the mid-19th century, Green-wood in Brooklyn, New York, and Mount Auburn in Boston. Beautiful engravings of monuments and views, as well as wrought iron fencing architecture.