New quarterbound cloth over marbled paper covered boards, red morocco labels, top edge gilt
1895 · New York
by Avery Library. Prescott, Harriet Beardslee, cat
New York: Library of Columbia College, 1895. First edition. New quarterbound cloth over marbled paper covered boards, red morocco labels, top edge gilt. Edges lightly rubbed else a fine, beautifully bound copy.. xii, [3], 1139 pp. 4to. One of an edition of 1,000 copies printed by the De Vinne press. The Avery Library is the largest collection of its type in the world. This was the first published catalogue of the collection, with over 13,000 books on architecture described; later editions and supplements began appearing in 1958. See Arntzen & Rainwater A58. (Inventory #: 28017)