Views and Viewmakers of Urban America. Lithographs of Towns and Cities in the United States and Canada, Notes on the Artists and Publishers, and a Union Catalog of Their Work, 1825-1925
by REPS, John W
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Columbia. University of Missouri Press. 1984. 4to. 30cm, xvi,570pp., double-column, with 90 plates of views including 13 colour, catalog of 4480 entries, index, red cloth, gilt spine titles, fine in fine jacket (ho4.10. ~ A monumental undertaking by John Rep, Professor of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. The ninety city views includes seven Canadian (Montreal (2), Halifax, Victoria, Kingston, Quebec, and Toronto). The catalog (with 4480 entries) is an invaluable reference of all the major parts of towns and cities in the United States and Canada.
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- Views and Viewmakers of Urban America. Lithographs of Towns and Cities in the United States and Canada, Notes on the Artists and Publishers, and a Union Catalog of Their Work, 1825-1925
- Author
- REPS, John W
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- Publisher
- Columbia. University of Missouri Press. 1984
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- united states canada towns cities views catalog montreal halifax victoria montreal quebec kingston urban planning
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