Visitor's Guide To The Smithsonian Institution And National Museum

Washington (DC): Judd & Detweiler, 1880. Softcover. Good. covers have light coffee staining. corner chipped. spine chipped & missing sections w/ ~3inch tear to upper & lower section; string binding still holding textblock & cover still detached. light crease through covers & pgs. pgs have variously tanned; clean.. light, olive wrappers w/ black printing & illustrations. 96 pgs w/ bw illustrations. A wonderfully detailed guide to the pieces and collections from the late 19th Century Smithsonian by the chief archivist, W.J. Rhees. Intact, but fragile. A nice collectible for the museum/history aficionado. (Inventory #: 181198)