Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, And Its Vicinity. Embracing a Collection of Twenty Views, Drawn on Stone, by J. C. Wild, from His Own Sketches and Paintings. With Poetical Illustrations of each Subject, By Andrew M'Makin.

Folio. (13 4/8 x 10 4/8 inches). 24 lithographed plates on chine colle, some with hand-colouring (margins spotted). Original green cloth decorated in blind, green morocco lettering piece on the front cover (rebacked and with endpapers renewed at an early date, lower outer corner of front board damaged with loss). Provenance: The small library label of Thomas Winthrop Streeter (1883-1965), on the front paste-down, his sale 20th April 1967, lot 997. First collected edition, originally published in parts: "Wild broke wholly new ground in American prints. Single views of cities from a distant vantage point were usual, but showing a whole city as it appeared in facing each point of the compass from a central spot was an innovation" (Snyder). The first four plates compose the panorama of Philadelphia as viewed from just above the rooftops. Other views include: Fairmount from the Basin, View from the Inclined Plane, Market Street, Manayunk, and Laurel Hill Cemetary. From the distinguished library of Thomas W. Streeter. Howes W410 "c"; Sabin 103971; Snyder, "J. C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views" in PMHB vol. 77, no. 1; Streeter Sale, II 997 (this copy). Wainwright 264-267. 6.4F.9DCatalogued by Kate Hunter.…