Colonial Architecture and Furniture
Boston, MA: Geo. H. Polley & Co., 1895. Hardbound. Folio of tan cloth/boards; maroon spine and corners. 1 sheet of printed preferatory remarks, followed by a listing of the plates, with 60 large bw photographic plates. Maroon fabric ties. VG, clean plates but with a small, quarter-sized piece missing from lower edge of plate 39.. Covers have general shelf wear, bumps to corners and some fraying to spine. Art museum ex-lib. book plate inside cover; spine sticker; white titling and number on spine. Item #114603
A complete set. The bookplate shows that this volume was donated by the wife of architect Michel M. LeBrun. Napoleon Le Brun & Sons (the sons being Michel and his brother, Pierre) won the commission to design the new Home Life Insurance Company building in Manhattan, a building on the frontier of the "skyscraper" era in New York.
Price: $75.00