Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial: Directory & Panoramic Advertiser.
by RAE, Julio
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
Pennsylvania: Julio H. Rae, Publisher, 1851. RAE, Julio. First edition. Oblong quarto. (Measures 9 3/8 x 13 3/4 inches). 23 pp. and 16 lithographed plates, several folding. Contemporary brown cloth with newer maroon cloth, original black and gold label on front cover. Original black and gold wrappers bound in. Covers bumped on corners with some marginal staining. Very good and scarcely found complete.
This beautiful city directory illustrates eight blocks of Chestnut Street in downtown Philadelphia with sixteen lithographs. Each plate accompanied with advertisers on that street.
HBS 67303.
$3,000.
This beautiful city directory illustrates eight blocks of Chestnut Street in downtown Philadelphia with sixteen lithographs. Each plate accompanied with advertisers on that street.
HBS 67303.
$3,000.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67303
- Title
- Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial
- Author
- RAE, Julio
- Illustrator
- RAE, Julio
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Julio H. Rae, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1851
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books|Americana
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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Beverly Hills, California
About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- Cloth
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- Plate
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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- Wrappers
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