Memoir prepared at the request of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and presented to the mayor of the city, at the celebration of the completion of the New York Canals. This book, "Memoir prepared at the request of a Committee of the Common Council", by Cadwallader D. Colden, is a replication of a book originally published before 1825. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
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Memoir prepared at the request of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and presented to the mayor of the city, at the celebration of the completion of the New York Canals. This book, "Memoir prepared at the request of a Committee of the Common Council", by Cadwallader D. Colden, is a replication of a book originally published before 1825. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
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Add this copy of Memoir Prepared at the Request of a Committee of the to cart. $1,607.00, very good condition, Sold by The Chatham Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Madison, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1825 by Printed by Order of the Corporation of New York, New York.
Edition:
1825, Printed by Order of the Corporation of New York, New York
Publisher:
Printed by Order of the Corporation of New York, New York
Published:
1825
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
15887796667
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. 8 3/4" x 11" 408 pp., frontispiece of the author. Rebound in 1/4 clay cloth and brown paper. 45 engraved and lithographed plates including two color foldout maps (United States and New York State) and the long geological foldout of the Erie Canal. The foldout protrudes beyond the edges and its margin has closed tears and folds, but none affects the illustration itself. 8 facsimiles of testimonial letters. A paper presentation label from the City of New York is affixed to the front pastedown, as is a small previous owner's sticker. There is foxing throughout, most sigjnificantly on the frontispiece and title page. The plates are well preserved with an occasional closed tear, and pencil marginalia on a few. Cadwallader D. Colden was a former Mayor of New York City, and a United States Congressman from New York State. A proponent of a national canal system, he was commissioned by the Common Council of New York City to write his Memoir on the Erie Canal during the last days of its construction in 1825. A well bound copy.
