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The Boston Common, or, Rural walks in cities

Title
  1. The Boston Common, or, Rural walks in cities [electronic resource] / by a friend of improvement.
Author
  1. Friend of improvement
Published by
  1. Boston : G.W. Light, 1838.
Format
  1. Web resource

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Pendleton's Lithography
Description
  1. 64 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 20 cm.
Alternative title
  1. Rural walks in cities
Subject
  1. Parks -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
  2. Urban beautification -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
  3. Boston (Mass.) -- Description and travel.
  4. Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
Language
  1. English
Note
  1. Title-vignette.
  2. "The deep interest which the author feels in the subjects treated of in the following pages, must be his only apology for offering this little volume to the public. He hopes that it will not fail of performing some humble part in the work of inciting still farther [sic] attention to the subject of the improvement of cities with regard to health and enjoyment ..."--p. [7].
  3. Lithographic front. signed: Pendleton Boston.
  4. Publisher's advertising: p. [63]-64, 1st count.
  5. Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
  6. Sabin no. 6689.
Reproduction (note)
  1. Electronic reproduction.
Local note
  1. Antebellum; Travel.
Author
  1. Friend of improvement.
Reproduction
  1. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2010. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Connect to:
  1. Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added author
  1. Pendleton's Lithography.
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