VIEWS IN PHILADELPHIA, AND ITS VICINITY; ENGRAVED FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS
Childs, C.G.
Verlag: Published by C.G. Childs, Engraver, Philadelphia, 1830
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[42] leaves, including an extra engraved titlepage, acknowledgements/directions to binder leaf, and two leaves of subscribers' names, plus twenty-eight fine engraved plates, as issued (with blank guards) and twenty-four variant or later plates laid in. Folio. Modern half red calf and late 19th- century marbled boards, spine gilt, t.e.g. Light shelf wear. Minor foxing. Engraved titlepage trimmed and mounted. Very good. Foredge and lower edge untrimmed. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. A handsome large-paper copy of this quite early example of American lithography, and one of the nicest series of city views produced in the 19th century. The work itself, originally issued in six parts, each with four plates, features engravings of prominent churches, the state house, the Bank of Pennsylvania, the University of Pennsylvania, the United States Mint, and the Academy of Natural Sciences, among other important buildings. A plan of the Eastern Penitentiary was also included in the fifth part, calling for twenty-five plates in a complete copy. The present copy is extra-illustrated with an additional twenty-four plates laid in, being additional copies of Childs's plates, or later versions of the plates produced for other publications. This allows for a side- by-side comparison of many of Childs's views with later versions of his images, and an examination of changes made to the views over the years. In his MIRROR OF AMERICA, Martin Snyder describes the order of the plates in bound copies as "erratic." The bound order of the plates in this copy is as follows: 1) "Philadelphia from Kensington." 2) "Swedish Lutheran Church." 3) "Christ Church." 4) "Friends Meeting House Merion." 5) "Saints Stephens Church." 6) "First Congregational Unitarian Church." 7) "State House or Hall of Independence." 8) "Fair Mount Water Works. From the West Bank of the Schuylkill." 9) "Fair Mount Water-works. From the Reservoir." 10) "Bank of the United States." 11) "Bank of Pennsylvania." 12) "Girard's Bank." 13) "Pennsylvania Hospital." 14) "Pennsylvania Hospital." 15) "Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. Department for Males." 16) "Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. Department for Females." 17) "Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb." 18) "University." 19) "Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts." 20) "Eastern Penitentiary." 21) "Plan of the Eastern Penitentiary." 22) "United States Mint." 23) "Widows and Orphans Asylum." 24) "View on the Schuylkill. From the Old Water Works." 25) "Schuylkill Canal at Manayunk." 26) "Eaglesfield." 27) "Sedgeley Park." 28) "Academy of Natural Sciences." A very nice copy of the large-paper edition of Childs' wonderful view book of Philadelphia, with an additional twenty-four versions of the plates laid in. HOWES C383, "aa." DECKER 48:241. DAB VII, pp.467-68. SABIN 12731. SNYDER, MIRROR OF AMERICA, pp.70-77. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM54773
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Verlag: Published by C.G. Childs, Engraver, Philadelphia
Erscheinungsdatum: 1830
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A handsome large-paper copy of this quite early example of American lithography, and one of the nicest series of city views produced in the nineteenth century. The work itself, originally issued in six parts, each with four plates, features engravings of prominent churches, the state house, the Bank of Pennsylvania, the University of Pennsylvania, the United States Mint, and the Academy of Natural Sciences, among other important buildings. A plan of the Eastern Penitentiary was also included in the fifth part, calling for twenty-five plates in a complete copy. The present copy is extra-illustrated with an additional twenty-four plates laid in, being additional copies of Childs's plates, or later versions of the plates produced for other publications. This allows for a side-by-side comparison of many of Childs's views with later versions of his images, and an examination of changes made to the views over the years. In his MIRROR OF AMERICA, Martin Snyder describes the order of the plates in bound copies as "erratic." The bound order of the plates in this copy is as follows: 1) "Philadelphia from Kensington." 2) "Swedish Lutheran Church." 3) "Christ Church." 4) "Friends Meeting House Merion." 5) "Saints Stephens Church." 6) "First Congregational Unitarian Church." 7) "State House or Hall of Independence." 8) "Fair Mount Water Works. From the West Bank of the Schuylkill." 9) "Fair Mount Water-works. From the Reservoir." 10) "Bank of the United States." 11) "Bank of Pennsylvania." 12) "Girard's Bank." 13) "Pennsylvania Hospital." 14) "Pennsylvania Hospital." 15) "Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. Department for Males." 16) "Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. Department for Females." 17) "Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb." 18) "University." 19) "Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts." 20) "Eastern Penitentiary." 21) "Plan of the Eastern Penitentiary." 22) "United States Mint." 23) "Widows and Orphans Asylum." 24) "View on the Schuylkill. From the Old Water Works." 25) "Schuylkill Canal at Manayunk." 26) "Eaglesfield." 27) "Sedgeley Park." 28) "Academy of Natural Sciences." A very nice copy of the large-paper edition of Childs' wonderful view book of Philadelphia, with an additional twenty-four versions of the plates laid in. HOWES C383, "aa." DECKER 48:241. DAB VII, pp.467-68. SABIN 12731. SNYDER, MIRROR OF AMERICA, pp.70-77. [42] leaves, including an extra engraved titlepage, acknowledgements/directions to binder leaf, and two leaves of subscribers' names, plus twenty-eight fine engraved plates, as issued (with blank guards) and twenty-four variant or later plates laid in. Folio. Modern half red calf and late 19th-century marbled boards, spine gilt, t.e.g. Light shelf wear. Minor foxing. Engraved titlepage trimmed and mounted. Very good. Foredge and lower edge untrimmed. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 54773
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A handsome volume containing in whole or in part three of the most important early 19th-century American city view books. The first work is a large-paper copy of Childs' VIEWS IN PHILADELPHIA, a quite early example of American lithography, and one of the nicest series of city views produced in the 19th century. The work itself, originally issued in six parts, each with four plates, features engravings of prominent churches, the state house, the Bank of Pennsylvania, the University of Pennsylvania, the United States Mint, and the Academy of Natural Sciences, among other important buildings. A plan of the Eastern Penitentiary was also included in the fifth part, calling for twenty-five plates in a complete copy, as in the present copy. In his MIRROR OF AMERICA, Martin Snyder describes the order of the plates in bound copies as "erratic." The bound order of the plates in this copy is as follows: 1) "Philadelphia from Kensington." 2) "View on the Schuylkill. From the Old Water Works." 3) "State House or Hall of Independence." 4) "Pennsylvania Hospital." 5) "Swedish Lutheran Church." 6) "Friends Meeting House Merion." 7) "Christ Church." 8) "Saints Stephens Church." 9) "Fair Mount Water Works. From the West Bank of the Schuylkill." 10) "Fair Mount Water-works. From the Reservoir." 11) "Widows and Orphans Asylum." 12) "University." 13) "Bank of the United States." 14) "Bank of Pennsylvania." 15) "Girard's Bank." 16) "Sedgeley Park." 17) "First Congregational Unitarian Church." 18) "Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb." 19) "United States Mint." 20) "Eaglesfield." 21) "Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania." 22) "Plan of the Eastern Penitentiary." 23) "Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts." 24) "Schuylkill Canal at Manayunk." 25) "Academy of Natural Sciences." The second work present here consists of the first three parts of Theodore S. Fay's VIEWS IN NEW-YORK. The parts were issued from 1831 to 1834, published by Peabody & Co. in New York and bookseller Obadiah Rich in London. The views were engraved and the text printed entirely in New York, with Rich acting as the London distributor. The Peabody views "offer fascinating glimpses of New York in the 1830's" - Deák. Together with the Bourne series, issued in 1830-31, they are the first series to show a broad spectrum of American urban life. At least seven artists contributed to the series, with the views showing a mixture of topographical scenes and elevations of important buildings. Deák notes the plates are "energetically conceived, with a thrust towards a painterly effect.a combined process of etching and engraving, requiring prolonged and meticulous craftsmanship, was used in transferring the drawings for both the Peabody and the Bourne views to the plate.the two sets of New York views represent American printmaking at a high level." A complete list of the views is given in Deák, but scenes in the present plates are titled, "New York" (a harbor view), "Broadway from the Park," "Bowling Green," "Residence of Philip Hone Esq.," "City Hall," "Navy Yard Brooklyn," "Leroy Place," "Short Tower. East River," "Elysian Fields Hoboken," "City Hotel Trinity & Grace Churches," "Lunatic Asylum (Manhattanville)," and "Merchants Room, Exchange (Wall Street)." The third and last work bound here is entitled THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE, printed in New York in 1830. It is presented as a prospectus for a larger work, but was in fact the only portion of the work ever printed. It contains text by William Cullen Bryant and the plates were executed by Asher Brown Durand, an engraver and later artist of the Hudson River School. Durand made the plates after his own drawings and those of W.J. Bennett, R.W. Weir, and Thomas Cole. Durand, of Huguenot descent, soon surpassed his teacher, Peter Maverick, to become the preeminent engraver of his day, responsible for such masterpieces as the engraving of Trumbull's "Declaration of Independence" and the early nudes, "Musidora" and "Ariadne." Just after the publication of THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE, Durand discarded engraving for painting, and became a leading American landscapist and partial founder of the American landscape style. A Grolier Club catalogue from a Durand exhibit in 1895 informs us about the current publication: "Six plates engraved in 1830 for Part I of what was projected as a serial publication called American Landscapes, to contain plates of American scenery. William Cullen Bryant wrote the prospectus and descriptive text. Only one number was issued. These plates were afterwards issued with the New York Mirror, being enclosed in ornamental borders and inscriptions changed from: Published by Elam Bliss, etc., to, Engraved for the New York Mirror." The six plates here all carry the earlier Bliss imprint, and are wonderful depictions of Weehawken, the Catskill Mountains, Fort Putnam, Delaware Water-Gap, Falls of the Saw-kill, and Winnipiseogee Lake. Each of the plates is listed separately in the Grolier Club Durand exhibition catalogue from 1895. No complete copy of THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE has appeared at auction since 1924, at which time it was described as "extremely rare." OCLC locates a baker's dozen of institutional copies over three records. This is the first copy ever handled by this firm in over forty years of trading heavily in all types of visual Americana. A curious collection of three major works of 19th-century American city views, all published at roughly the same time, with a large-paper copy of Childs' wonderful view book of Philadelphia, along with the first three parts of Fay's great work on New York, and the exceedingly rare prospectus work on New York by Asher Durand. It was possibly bound up by a contemporary enthusiast of American engraving or urban architecture. Childs: HOWES C383, "aa." DECKER 48:241. DAB VII, pp.467-68. SABIN 12731. SNYDER, MIRROR OF AMERICA, pp.70-77. Fay: DEÁK, PICTURING AMERICA 399. STOKES, ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN 102. HITCHCOCK 451. BAL 5686. HOWES F64. Durand: Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 55751
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