Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

384 c   (NEWYORK CITY) The Central Park. Photographed byW.H. Guild, Jr.With Descriptions and a Historical Sketch by Fred B. Perkins. Illustrated with 50 photographs, plus a small vignette on the title page and a frontispiece, documenting the newly constructed park as well as Frederick Law Olmsted and CalvertVaux’s historic design, each a serene, nearly unpopulated scene. Albumen prints, most measuring approximately 4 1 / 2 x3 1 / 4 inches (11.4x5.3 cm.), and the reverse. 4to, gilt-lettered brown morocco; some dampstaining to early pages, but overall the photographs very good; all edges gilt; enclosed in a custom clamshell box with a title label. FIRST EDITION. New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1864 [3,000/4,500]