Item #JLR0667 Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen. Theodore Sedgwick Fay, illust. James Harrison Dakin.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.
Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.

Views in the City of New-York and its environs: [comprising the public buildings, churches, principal streets, institutions, squares, private residences, public promenades, shipping, dock yards, river scenery, and all that is interesting or worthy of notice;] from Accurate, Characteristic, and Picturesque Drawings, taken from the objects themselves, expressly for this work, by Dakin, architect; engraved on steel, in the line manner, by Barnard & Dick; with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. By Theodore S. Fay, (co-editor of the New-York Mirror,) assisted by several distinguished literary gentlemen.

THE PEABODY VIEWS IN PUBLISHER’S WRAPPERS 

 

7 parts in wrappers. New York: Mason for Peabody & Co., London: O. Rich; 1831–1832[–1834]. First edition.

 

Quarto in 2s (11 ¼” x 9 1/8”,  287mm x 233mm).
Part I: π1 12 22 [$1 signed]. 5 leaves, pp. i-iii (dedication, blank, introduction) iv 5 6-10. With an engraved title-page and 3 engraved plates (each with two views).
Part II: 3-42 [$1 signed]. 4 leaves, pp. 11 12-18. With 2 engraved plates (each with two views).
Part III: 21-22 [$1 signed]. 4 leaves, pp. 19 20-26. With 2 engraved plates (each with two views), and a printed slip tipped in to the first plate apologizing for the delay in issuing the map.
Part IV: 31-22 [$1 signed]. 4 leaves, pp. 27 28-34. With 2 engraved plates (each with two views).
Part V: χ-2χ2. 4 leaves, pp. 35 36-41, blank. With an engraved plate (with two views) and a hand-colored folding engraved map.
Part VI: 3-4χ2. 4 leaves, pp. 43-50. With 2 engraved plates (each with two views).
Part 7: 5-6χ2. 4 leaves, pp. 51 52-58. With 2 engraved plates.
With an engraved title-page, 14 engraved plates (most with two views) and a hand-colored folding engraved map.

Stabbed and bound in the publisher’s printed yellow paper wrappers (with the part I wrappers used for parts II and IV as well).

Seven (of eight of an intended 10) parts. The wrappers of parts I, III, V-VI and 7 worn, tanned, chipped and in some cases split. The letterpress and rear wrapper of part V torn and detached. Damp-stain to the upper edge of parts I and III. Tanning, foxing and some offsetting throughout. Split at the intersecting fold of the map. An entirely unsophisticated set, with a particularly nice example of the folding map. Ink dedication “Pour M. [……]” (erased) to the head of the front wrapper of part I.


Theodore Sedgwick Fay (1807–1898) was born in New York and at 21 was already an editor of the New-York Mirror, for which Edgar Allan Poe would serve as critic, which perhaps not coincidentally promoted the publication quite heavily in its own pages. Fay’s text is florid and charming, clearly influenced by the Romantic poets and the British embrace of the picturesque. James Harrison Dakin (architect of the Gothic main building of NYU, demolished 1894) drew only six of the views, but Deák suggests that he “may have directed the choice of the sites.” The presiding genius of the work seems in fact to have been the publisher, Peabody, hoping to capitalize on the success of the Bourne views, published 1830–1831. Deák finds the Peabody views superior: “the Peabody prints, which are somewhat larger, are more energetically conceived, with a thrust toward a painterly effect.”

Full sets are quite rare, and examples in wrappers rarer still; the set owned by Bill Reese (also 7 parts of 8, in the wrappers and in similar condition) commanded $10,710 at the second part of his Christie’s New York sale (26 May 2022, lot 157).

Deák, Picturing America 399; Howes F 64; Stokes, Iconography of Manhattan 102.

Item #JLR0667

Price: $8,750

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