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Rare, oversize oblong folio in green cloth library binding, copyright 1898; first edition in good+ condition; contains evocative b&w photos of early religious edifices from around the country; withdrawal from college library with only one sticker and one stamp as ex-library indicators; text block tight and square in sturdy folio boards; a few pages show tape repairs to edges, but most photos are in remarkably good condition; final page contains a prospectus for the Hydraulic Press Brick Company; verso of last page shows some soiling; approximately 60 thick, glossy pages 5-BNB-top.

Cleveland: Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1898. RARE early pictorial survey of Calfornian, New Mexican and Mexican Spanish Mission architecture. With 24 spectacular full page black and white photographs and 8 pages consisting of title page, 6 pages unsigned text and concluding page with information on The Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company. Photographs signed Franklin Co. Eng. Chi.(cago). Very Good, in string-tied green paper covers, corner chips to covers and a 3" closed tear front cover, stain top corner title page. Starting with the "Oldest Church in America", the Church of San Miguel, Santa Fe and including the Cathedral of Mexico, Missions of San Juan Bautista, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and San Juan De Capistrano among others. . First Edition. String Tied. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.