A Pictorial Description of Broadway
New York: The Mail and Express, 1899. First Edition. Oblong folio, 6 1/8 x 16 7/8 inches (155 x 428 mm), 74 chromolithographs (pages printed on both sides), 2 pp. publisher's statement, 1 p. advertisement and 3 pp. index; stapled on short side. Paper wrappers and some advertisement pages missing but all images are present and intact, with just small margin tears on the first two pages, not affecting the images. Plates are evenly printed with clearly defined lines and vivid colors. Statement page detached and with some tears, chips, and stains. Paper evenly toned. The original blue paper envelope is included.
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12714370
RLIN/OCLC: 29278445.
A scarce and important block-by-block record of what both sides of Broadway looked like at the turn of the 20th Century, from Steamship Row to Bowling Green to 59th Street. The series of beautiful chromolithographs documents the most important thoroughfare of the city, block by block, on facing pages corresponding to the West Side and East Side of Broadway. Issued by The Mail & Express Company, which was the publisher of the Evening Mail, a New York City daily newspaper, this publication was a precursor of photographic books which became popular in the next decades.
Condition: Very Good.
Item number: 1827
Price: $8,000.00
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