A century after : picturesque glimpses of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania including Fairmount, the Wissahickon, and other romantic localities, with the cities and landscapes of the state. A pictorial representation of scenery, architecture, life, manners and character / Edited by Edward Strahan [pseudonym] ; illustrated with engravings by Lauderbach, from designs by Thomas Moran, F.O.C. Darley, J.D. Woodward, James Hamilton, F.B. Schell, E.B. Bensell, W.L. Sheppard, and other eminent artists.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shinn, Earl, 1838-1886, editor.

Contributor:

Busch, Henry Paul, inscriber.

Louderbach, James W., illustrator, engraver.

Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926, illustrator, designer.

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, illustrator, designer.

Woodward, J. D. (John Douglas), 1846-1924, illustrator, designer.

Hamilton, James, 1819-1878, illustrator, designer.

Schell, Frederic B., illustrator, designer.

Bensell, Edmund Birckhead, 1842- illustrator, designer.

Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912, illustrator, designer.

Zebooker, Eli P., former owner.

Bacon, Edmund N., Former owner.

Busch, Henry Paul, 1873-1942., Former owner.

Stephen M. Lynch Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Eli P. Zebooker Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Pennsylvania--Description and travel.

Pennsylvania.

Genre:

Gilt edges

Gauffered edges

Gold blocked bindings

Gold tooled bindings

Physical Description:

360 pages : illustrations ; 30cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Allen, Lane & Scott and J. W. Lauderbach, 1875.

Notes:

Text appears to be the same edition; however, each copy reflects different binding properties (potential multiple reprints).

Athenaeum American Imprints (copy 5): Missing about 10 pages towards front of book.

Engr. t.-p. added.t

Local Notes:

Athenaeum American Imprints (copy 1): Cloth binding with gold-stamped spine.

Athenaeum American Imprints (copy 2): Rebound in leather binding with gold gilt letters, edges, and details, including on inside front/back covers; gilt and gauffered edges (of diamond patterns). -- Front cover: "Mary H. Roberts" -- Front/back covers: Gilt image of canvas, artist's tools, string instrument, and books.

Athenaeum American Imprints (copy 4): Leather binding with gold gilt letters, edges, and details, including on inside front/back covers. -- Front cover: Debossed "Greek key" and spiral patterns; gilt portraits of William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and robed figure with a halo of thirteen stars, under the phrase: "These united colonies are and of right ought to be free [and independent] states." -- Back cover: Mirror of front cover design, debossed but without gilt.

Athenaeum American Imprints (copy 5): Leather binding with gold gilt letters, edges, and details. -- Front cover: Smooth leather with gilt portraits of William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and robed figure with a halo of thirteen stars, under the phrase: "These united colonies are and of right ought to be free [and independent] states." -- Back cover: Mirror of front cover design, debossed but without gilt.

Athenaeum American Imprints (copy 2): Steeble-Newkirk gift; Inscribed in upper flyleaf: "Robert Newkirk / 1901, from my dear mother."

Athenaeum American Imprints (copy 3): From Zebooker Collection.

Athenaeum American Imprints (copy 4): Bequest of Stephen M. Lynch; Inscribed in upper flyleaf: "Mr. & Mrs. C. [Lynch?] / Oct. 1818" and "H. H. Ritter / June 1906"

Athenaeum American Imprints (copy 4): Contains frontispiece illustration of the Schuylkill River before the preface page, not present in other copies of this work.

Athenaeum American Imprints (copy 5): Formerly the property of Edmund N. Bacon ; Inscribed on inside front cover: "Henry Paul Busch / May 22, 1940."

OCLC:

945638