RAE, Julio H.

Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory and Panoramic Advertiser. Chest

Item #3259

(PHILADELPHIA). RAE, Julio H. Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory and Panoramic Advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Street. Phila.: Julio H. Rae, 1851. 1st ed. Oblong folio. Illus. with 16 panoramic views (several folding). 11pp. of additional advts. Orig. cloth;but a very good copy. Complete with the original deep-blue printed wrappers. Rare. Each view depicts two rows of storefronts on each side of Chestnut Street, one block at a glance. Facing each view is a page with the corresponding advertisements or cards for each store or business shown. Gift inscription from the noted Philadelphi collector Ferdinand Dreer on front free endpaper, "Presented to Frederick A. Dreer by his father Nov. 7, 1885."

Price: $5,000.00