Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944, The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 , 1915-1928
- Title(s):
- The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sources and illustrated by photo-intaglio reproductions of important maps, plans, views, and documents in public and private collections / by I.N. Phelps Stokes.
- Published/Created:
- New York : Robert H. Dodd, 1915-1928.
- Physical Description:
- 6 volumes : illustrations (some color, some folded), facsimiles, maps ; 29 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsF128.37 .S88+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/37222
- Related Content:
- View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Vol. 2 by C. F.Wieder and Stokes.
Engraved t.-p., with ornamental border: engraved head and tail pieces. "Most of the head-bands and tail-pieces were engraved ... by Mr. Sidney L. Smith from designs composed by the author." Others by Walter M. Aikman.
"Of this book three hundred and sixty copies have been printed on English hand-made paper [4-6 on Holland hand-made paper] and forty-two on Japanese vellum."
Vol. 2 has additional note: Twenty-five copies of parts I, II, and III have been printed for presentation to foreign libraries.
Bibliography by V.H. Paltsits.
BAC F128.37 .S88+: Includes publisher's prospectus at front of volume 1. - Subject Terms:
- America -- Discovery and exploration.America -- Maps -- Bibliography.America -- Maps, Early.American newspapers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Bibliography.Cartography -- America -- History.Havemeyer, Henry Osborne, 1876– -- Ownership (BEIN 1977 +53)New York (N.Y.) -- Bibliography.New York (N.Y.) -- History.New York (N.Y.) -- Maps.New York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.Rosenbloom, Charles J. -- Bookplate (BEIN 1977 +53)
- Form/Genre:
- Book prospectuses.
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