Architectural gardens of Italy. A series of photogravure plates from photographs made for and selected by A. Holland Forbes
New York: Forbes & Co., Ltd. [and] sold exclusively in the United States by Jas. E. O'Neill, 1902. Edition limited to 750 sets (this being set no. 62), 3 pictorial green cloth portfolios (approx 17½" x 13½") containing a total of 196 gravure plates; 1 portfolio rebacked, the other 2 with short tears at spine ends; plates are generally fine throughout. Forbes (1863-1927) was a wealthy balloonist who organized the Aero Club of Connecticut and wrote the basic draft for the first aeronautical law in the United States, passed by the Connecticut Legislature and signed into law by Governor Simeon Baldwin on June 8, 1911, and was appointed Connecticut's first Commissioner of Aeronautics. Item #24798
Price: $1,500.00
