MUNICIPAL ARCHITECTURE IN BOSTON FROM DESIGNS BY EDMUND M. WHEELWRIGHT

(BOSTON) CHANDLER, Francis W., editor. MUNICIPAL ARCHITECTURE IN BOSTON FRO DESIGNS BY EDMUND M. WHEELWRIGHT, 1891-1895. Boston: Bates & Guild Company, 1898. Folio. Portfolio. (viii), 80 pages, 43 plates; (x), 52, (4) pages, 44-100 plates. First edition. One of 500 copies. A collection of one hundred plates showing interior and exterior views of Wheelwright's designs throughout Boston. Institutional buildings, schools, hospitals, and more are shown in full-page photographs and drawings, includin the Andrews School, the Christopher Gibson School, the fire department, and a proposed city hall. The portfolios are very worn, with waterdamage affecting the text; the plates themselves, though occasionally thumbed and browned, ar in very good condition.