Washington Irving

A finely bound first edition of A History of New York by Washington Irving.

• Sold as a set of 2 volumes.
• Washington Irving (American).
• A History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Containing Among many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of William The Testy,....
• New York: Inskeep & Bradford, 1809.
• Includes the fold-out plate of New Amsterdam in volume one.
• Bound in full brown morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, gilt center decoration to all covers, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, housed on a brown cloth open ended slipcase.