The historic mansions and buildings of Philadelphia, : with some notice of their owners and occupants. / By Thompson Westcott, author of "The official guide-bbok to Philadelphia," "A history of Philadelphia," etc., etc.

Main entry:

Westcott, Thompson, author.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Porter & Coates, 822 Chestnut Street., ©1877.
©1877.

Description:

528 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Copyright 1877, by Porter & Coates. Westcott & Thomson, Stereotyper and Electrotypers, Philada. Henry B. Ashmead. Printer, Philada."--Title page verso.
Frontispiece captioned "The State House in Philadelphia, 1778," engraved by Illman Brothers after C.W. Peale.
Presentation inscription on front free endpaper: James W. Queen from Samuel L. Fox, Feby. 1878.
E8W
Contemporary publishers' binding; brown diagonal rib grain cloth; bevelled edge boards; pictorial; upper cover and spine blocked in black and gold, lower cover in blind; text edges gilt; textile headbands, stuck-on; green surface coated endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.
From the library of William E. Lingelbach.

Subject:

Historic buildings Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Buildings
Historic buildings
Philadelphia (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Philadelphia (Pa.) Biography.
Philadelphia (Pa.) History.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia

Form/genre:

Biographies
History
Engravings.
Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)
Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding)
Blocked bindings (Binding)
Gold blocked bindings (Binding)
Bevelled edge boards (Binding)
Gilt edges (Binding)
Local histories.
Presentation inscriptions.
Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) E8W

Added entries:

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827, illustrator.
Ashmead, Henry Buckley, printer.
Lingelbach, William E. (William Ezra), 1871-1962, former owner.
Illman Brothers, engraver.
Porter & Coates, publisher.
Westcott & Thomson, stereotyper.
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Cover and spine title: Historic mansions of Philadelphia

Holdings:

Location: Library main 45167
Call No.: 1692; ID:89-B4546
Status: Available

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