Author: TURNER, A[uston] A[ugustus]
Title: Villas on the Hudson. A Collection of Photo-Lithographs of Thirty-One Country Residences
Description: New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Large folio (19" x 13-1/2") in original gilt-lettered cloth. Three preliminary leaves, 31 photo-lithographic plates (most with two tints applied by stencil, with gold-printed frames and captions), and 21 floor plans. A visual record of the country residences owned by wealthy New Yorkers between upper Manhattan and Dobbs Ferry produced on the eve of the Civil War, containing images based on photographs taken by A.A. Turner during the late 1850s, this is generally considered to be the first large-scale work to use the process of photo-lithography in the United States. Toning, particularly to plates with floor plans, many with some small stains, mostly to margins; split at front joint, occasional loss of small pieces of cloth at extremities. Very Good .

Keywords: New York, Illustrated Books, Photo-Lithography, Americana, Architecture, 19th Century Photography, Illustrated Books 19th Century Photography Architecture New York


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