Item #26858 Catalogue of the Avery Architectural Library, a memorial library of architecture, archaeology, and decorative art. Avery Architectural Library.
Catalogue of the Avery Architectural Library, a memorial library of architecture, archaeology, and decorative art

Catalogue of the Avery Architectural Library, a memorial library of architecture, archaeology, and decorative art

New York: Library of Columbia College, 1895. Edition limited to 1000 copies produced at the De Vinne Press, thick 4to, pp. xii, [2], 1139; engraved frontispiece, title-page within rules printed in black and red, 2 plates, and 1 illus. in the text; contemporary half brown pebble-grained morocco and marbled paper-covered boards, worn at extremities revealing boards, somewhat rubbed and scuffed overall and the back hinge cracking, but still a good, sturdy, and stalwart copy. With an introduction by librarian George H. Baker, architecture professor Wm. R. Ware, and "Commissioner of Purchase" Russell Sturgis. An important collection of more than 13,000 books, drawings, manuscripts, and periodicals. Item #26858

Price: $250.00