$20,740
Literary description by James W. Sheahan. Chicago: Jevne & Almini, 1866-67. 13 parts. Oblong small folios house in a custom cloth-backed box with leather pastedown label to the front cover. Complete set of 52 tinted lithographs by the Chicago Lithographing Company in 13 booklets of four lithographs each. Eight of the booklets are in the original printed lithographic wraps and five have been replaced. Otto Jevne and Peter M. Almini, partnered with three lithographers, Louis Kurtz, Otto Knirsch and Edward Carqueville, produced this rare set, which has been called "the best source for the physical appearance of the city that the Great Fire destroyed." Views depict the churches, bridges, harbor, river and lake, the Union Stock Yards, the Opera House, the Palmer House, Chicago University and many other important buildings and street scenes. In addition to their lithographing company, Jevne and Almini's painted frescoes adorned the interiors of many houses and building in Chicago, including the Opera House. Their workshop on Clark Street, pictured on the front of the rare printed wrappers, was in the burnt district of the city. These important pre-fire views of Chicago were originally intended to have been issued in 25 parts totalling 100 plates. However, only 52 plates in the 13 monthly parts were ever published. Some chipping to spines of wraps with minor separation; minor offsetting from plates; small tears to pages; additional photographs and a full condition report upon req Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-03-16
