Author: WHITEFIELD, Edwin
Title: Homes of Our Forefathers
Description: 1882. WHITEFIELD, Edwin. THE HOMES OF OUR FOREFATHERS. Being a Selection of the Oldest and Most Interesting Buildings, Historical Houses, and Noted Places in Rhode Island and Connecticut. From Original Drawings made on the Spot by Edwin Whirefield. Boston: Whitefield & Crocker, 1882. 72 tinted lithographic views on 28 [of 33] plates, identified below the image, sometimes with a brief descriptive text. Small 4to. pebbled green cloth, lettered in gilt, a.e.g. bevelled edges. Ex-library, slight erasure to spine the only external mark, and a bookplate and a couple of blind-stamped seals within. Cloth bears some mild soil, with scuffing to the rear board; top edges bumped with touch of wear to cloth at extremes. Front hinge cracked, with title page starting at top-edge. Clean illustrations, and the volume is in very good condition overall, but lacks three plates. .

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