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Philadelphia Victorian: The Building of the Athenaeum
Philadelphia Victorian The Building of the Athenaeum Author:Roger W. Moss By Roger W. Moss (Athenĉum) 172pp., 169 duotone illustrations; 10 ½ x II 3/8 full cloth hardcover with slipcase. The Athenĉum of Philadelphia sponsored three competitions for a building to house its growing library in the 1830s and 1840s. Few American structures of that period are so richly documented or can claim as competitors such early 19... more »th-century masters as William Strickland, John Haviland, Napoleon LeBrun, Thomas Ustick Walter, Thomas S. Stewart, and John Notman--and have their drawings survive.« less