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The city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the year 1800 : consisting of twenty eight plates / Drawn and engraved by W. Birch and Son.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- W. Birch & Son.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 38259.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Buildings.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Subscription lists (Publishing)
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages, 31 unnumbered leaves of plates) : chiefly illustrations (most color), 1 plan
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : Published by W. Birch. Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road; Pennsylvania., Decr. 31st 1800.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- For an account of the various editions of this work see: Snyder, Martin P. "William Birch: his Philadelphia views." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 73 (1949): 271-315.
- Plates dated 1798-1800. Most have legend: Published [or sold] by R. Campbell and Company ... Philadelphia. Includes two colored plates not mentioned in the list on pages [2].
- Title page and plan of the city engraved by William Barker.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 38259).
- Cited in:
- Evans 38259
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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