Name/Title
Currier & Ives Printmakers to the American People, Vol. 1, First Edition #294 of 450, 1929Entry/Object ID
L2017.2.192Description
Currier & Ives Printmakers to the American People, First Edition First Edition #116 of 450. Harry T. Peters, compiler, 1931 Limited and numbered 1st Ed hardcovers. Considered to be the essential and best books ever written on Currier and Ives and print making in general. Dust cover.
"A chronicle of the Firm, and of the Artists and their Work, with Notes on Collecting; Reproductions of 142 of the Prints & Originals, Forming a Pictorial Record of American Life and Manners in the Last Century; and a Checklist of All Known Prints Published by N. Currier and Currier & Ives."
Vol. 1 contains reproductions of 142 prints and originals, and a checklist of all known prints published by N. Currier and Currier and Ives. Vol. 2 contains reproductions of 177 prints, and 1600 newly discovered titles to be added to the checklist, corrected and completed to date. Both volumes illustrated in color and b/w. Some plates are tipped-in.
331\Hardbound, tan cover, jacketed\IllustrationsCollection
Marshall & Melanie WhiteLexicon
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Currier & Ives, Lifestyle, 1800'sBook Details
Author
Peters, Harry T., compilerPlace Published
City
Garden CityState/Province
New YorkDate Published
1929Call No.
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Copy No.: 1
