Bird's Eye Views: Historic Lithographs of North American Cities
by Reps, John W
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1568981465
- ISBN 13
- 9781568981468
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New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1998. Cloth, 98 pages, colour illustrations; 32 x 38 cm. A near-fine copy with light shelfwear to boards. Top edge & half-title page lightly soiled. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "As new towns and cities spread across the American frontier in the nineteenth century, itinerant artists soon followed, documenting these growing urban centers by drawing aerial perspectives, also known as bird's eye views. Commissioned by land speculators, local businesses, civic organizations, and individual citizens, these renderings fostered both civic pride and local commerce. The use of color lithography, a recent invention popularized by such prominent publishers as Currier & Ives, allowed the inexpensive reproduction of the highest-quality drawings, so that a bird's eye view was within the financial budget of even the smallest towns. These extraordinarily detailed lithographs eventually numbered in the thousands and now serve as a rich pictorial record of North America as it stood a century ago. This sequel to our highly acclaimed title An Atlas of Rare City Maps collects over 100 views dating between 1835 and 1902, showing the streets, buildings, churches, bridges, waterways, and surrounding countryside of North American towns, ranging from burgeoning metropolitan centers to small logging towns and mining camps. Baltimore, Brooklyn, Denver, Indianapolis, Memphis, Montreal, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Syracuse, and Washington are just a few of the cities presented in this collection. The exquisite color and fine detail of these bird's eye views have been reproduced in all their original glory; also included is an introduction by John W. Reps providing a background on the artistic process and on urban development in the nineteenth century. / John W. Reps is professor emeritus of city and regional planning at Cornell University. He is a renowned authority on the history of American urban planning and has written numerous books on the topic, including The Making of Urban America." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- Title
- Bird's Eye Views: Historic Lithographs of North American Cities
- Author
- Reps, John W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1568981465
- ISBN 13
- 9781568981468
- Publisher
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- Oblong
- Bookseller catalogs
- Media / Printmaking; Architecture / Urbanism, Cities & City Planning; Genre & Subject / Cityscapes;
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