[Americana] [New York] Francis, John W., New York

[Americana] [New York] Francis, John W.
New York during the last Half Century: A Discourse in Commemoration of the Fifty-third Anniversary of the New York Historical Society, and of the Dedication of their New Edifice, (November 17, 1857)
New York: John F. Trow, 1857. First edition. 8vo. Extra-illustrated with 109 plates, including photogravures, engravings, and lithographs. With an additional title-page trimmed and laid down. Full burgundy levant, decoratively stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; by The Rose Bindery-Boston; with the morocco book-plate of Frank C. Deering on front paste-down.A handsomely bound extra-illustrated copy.