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November 28, 2016 12:00 PM - December 7, 2016 03:00 PMCalender
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OLD BOSTON,

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$197$160
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2962TLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 28, 2016 12:00PM

Description:

"OLD BOSTON," published by Haley and Steele, printed by master printer Herbert Fox at the Heron Press, Boston, 1997, black cloth-covered folio with gilt lettered title, eight printed loose leaf pages including the title page, table of contents, and a page identifying this as number 32 in an edition of 100, and five reproduction images of drawings made "on the spot" by J.R. Smith in 1811 of the demolition of Beacon Hill to fill in the Back Bay, and published by Bufford in 1857, the images now all matted in giltwood frames.
Estimate $250-350


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Keywords

J.R. Smith, Herbert Fox