American Cities: Historic Maps and Views.

COHEN, Paul E. and Henry G. Taliaferro [Editors].

Item Number: 138927

New York: Assouline Publishing, 2014.

First edition of Assouline’s splendid tribute to the great cities of America. Folio, original pictorial boards with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with numerous maps and views, many previously unpublished. Housed in the original custom clamshell box and cardboard box. In fine condition.

American Cities features numerous rare and previously unpublished maps and views of nine of the country's greatest metropolises; cities that are thriving urban centers today with colorful histories rich in graphic representation: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco. "The nine cities featured in this book emerged as the country was transformed from a rural and agricultural nation to one increasingly urbanized and industrialized" (John W. Reps).