Klinckowstrom Abel (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden 1824
- Hardcover
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller2 volumes. The atlas is oblong folio in contemporary 1/2 red morocco with marbled boards. The 12mo text is in contemporary full red morocco. Both are in fine condition. Text is two volumes in one. A most attractive copy of this very scarce Swedish travel narrative of the early 19th century. With 2 maps after John Melish, and man…y aquatint plates, particularly of New York City and Philadelphia. Two large views of New York City, one across the harbor and the other of Broadway showing pigs roaming freely, were both exquisitely executed. Stokes (Iconography) 84, regarding the harbor view: âOnly known state. This view is interesting particularly as showing the types of steam ferries and sail-boats in use at this period.â Stokes 85, regarding the Broadway view: âOnly known state of one of the most picturesque and interesting early views of Broadway and the City Hall ⦠Notice the pigs rooting along the street, a nuisance to which New York citizens had long since become accustomed, as it had existed from the earliest days, but which never failed to impress visitors.â Howes K201.
