THE CIVIL, POLITICAL, PROFESSION AND ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL RECORD OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS AND THE CITY OF BROOKLY, N.Y. FROM 1683 TO 1884. ( VOLUME II only ) With Portraits, Biographies and Illustrations

1st edition thus. VOLUME II only of II. A Very Good copy. 4to., pages 634 thru 1408, illustrated with black and white engraved frontis pieces and plates, portraits with tissue guards. Bound in half leather backed with pebbled green cloth with title on spine and front board in gilt, all edges gilt with white moire silk end papers. Leather is worn and rubbed through at tips with small loss at top/base of spine. Spine slightly sunned. Previous owners name and 1888 date inside front cover, otherwise appears unmarked. Text edges appropriately age toned. A massive undertaking covering commerce, manufacturing, US government, medical, higher education, fishing, theater & the arts, the press, sporting events, hotels of Brooklyn during this period featuring 100's of portraits and illustrations. 12" x 9.5" x 4" Henry Reed Stiles was an American physician who wrote several historical records and genealogical books. As a doctor, he served in various medical positions primarily in New York City, although he spent four years in Dundee, Scotland. He was very interested in genealogical and historical research. He edited and largely contributed to the Illustrated History of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn in 1884. He helped to organize the American Anthropological Society in 1869, and was one of the seven founders of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, serving as its president from 1869 until 1873. His work continues to be widely cited by researchers and remains in print more than 115 years later. …