Description:
Third Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park. New York: Bryant, 1860. Octavo, illustrated with frontispiece, eight full-page plates, three folding plates, and the colored folding map, contents good, in the original dark green blind stamped cloth binding, metal foil stamped title on front board, 9 x 5 1/2 in.
Provenance: The collection of Percy MacKaye (1875-1956),by descent to Marion MacKaye Ober.
Estimate $200-300
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Keywords
Commissioners, Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, metal foil, Marion MacKaye, Percy MacKayeJohn Dorfman
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