Description: 30 plus Plates depicting the homes of various early patriots primarily located in Massachusetts. This is marked as a “subscription copy” meaning folks contributed to the printing and research in order to reserve a copy. It’s the first in a series of American architecture books “being a collection of the oldest and most interesting” buildings.This has a lovely inscription depicting it’s history in the front across from the bookplate of a successive owner. In the center is the name of Nina P Shaw and in pencil around that is the notes of her grandchild. Very Good Condition: landscape 4to: maroon publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering: bookplate and writing inside front: some foxing: “The Homes of our Forefathers: Being a Collection of the Oldest and Most Interesting Buildings in Massachusetts” from original drawings by E. Whitefield: with historical Memoranda: Boston: A Williams and Company: 1879 RAREA1879AFJA
Price: 250 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-12-20T00:01:46.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year Printed: 1879
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: American (US)
Binding: Hardcover
Author: E Whitefied
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: A Williams and Co
Place of Publication: Boston
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated