by WHITEFIELD, E.
WHITEFIELD, E. THE HOMES OF OUR FOREFATHERS...IN MASSACHUSETTS. Boston: A Williams & Co., 1879. Oblong 4to. Publisher's cloth. 2 pages, a correction slip, 30 chromolithographic leaves. First edition. Sold by subscription, this is the first volume of a series of American architecture books "being a collection of the oldest and most interesting buildings...from original drawings by E. Whitefield, with historical memorand Whitefield was one of the first Americans to use color printing for an architectural book. This copy lacks the title leaf which is supplied in facsimile. There are five white spots on front cover.
(Inventory #: 21553)