[Rarebooks] FS: Wild's 1838 PANORAMA AND VIEWS OF PHILADELPHIA with 24 Hand-Colored Plates

[Charles Agvent]

[WILD, J(ohn) C(asper)]. [PANORAMA AND VIEWS OF PHILADELPHIA, AND ITS 
VICINITY; Embracing a Collection of Twenty Views, Drawn on Stone, By J. 
C. Wild, from his own Sketches and Paintings. With Poetical 
Illustrations of Each Subject, By Andrew M'Makin]. [Philadelphia]: [John 
T. Bowen], [1838]. Third Edition. Folio (10-1/4" x 13-1/2") in full 
modern orange morocco leather with gilt lettering and decoration on the 
front cover and a gilt-lettered black morocco spine label, top edge 
gilt. Lacking the title page but otherwise complete with the 20 pages of 
descriptive text and 20 hand-colored views along with the 4 panoramic 
views, also hand-colored, which are some of the first aerial views of an 
American city. Originally published in parts and issued uncolored, this 
is a scarce colored set with the colors remaining bright and vibrant. 
The views are of notable public works and major public buildings in 
Philadelphia: Eastern Penitentiary, Moyamensing Prison, U.S. Bank, 
Fairmount from the Basin, University of Pennsylvania, Naval Asylum, U.S. 
Mint, Merchants' Exchange, State House, Christ Church, St. John's 
Church, Girard College, View from the Inclined Plane, Institution for 
the Blind, Pennsylvania Hospital, Market Street, Manayunk, Laurel Hill 
Cemetery, Alms House, and Philadelphia, from the Navy Yard. The panorama 
plates, often lacking, are views of the city from the top of City Hall. 
Deák, PICTURING AMERICA 482; HOWES W-410; SABIN 103971; SNYDER "J.C. 
Wild and his Philadelphia Views," in THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF 
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, Vol. 77, No. 1 January 1953: "Wild's output of 
Philadelphia scenes must be appraised as possessing very considerable 
merit both from the historical and artistic viewpoints. As a historical 
record of the city, more than half the plates depict subjects not 
recorded in the earlier books of Philadelphia views.... Wild broke 
wholly new ground in American prints. Single views of cities from a 
distant vantage point were usual, but showing a whole city as it 
appeared in facing each point of the compass from a central spot was an 
innovation" (pp. 49-50); STREETER Sale II-997, The only defect is the 
missing title page. The text and plates are clean with vibrant, deep 
coloring, and the binding is Fine. (#020768)     $20,000

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