Centennial Home Insurance Company. Calendar
[West Point; Revolutionary War]
From Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 17 September 1998
From Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 17 September 1998
About this Item
Finely printed chromolithographed 12 page calendar with Revolutionary War depictions, which includes a cover illustration of George Washington at Valley Forge 1778, and a view from Garrison's North Redoubt on the Hudson River looking towards West Point. The view is captioned, "West Point -- with its Fortifications & c. 1780". A full page of text printed on the verso describes West Point in 1780. The calendar was created as a trade souvenir to be distributed at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Each month in this lavishly illustrated and gilt decorated calendar with titled illustration has a b&w verso of text or woodcut illustration of buildings at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Kronheim & Co. was founded by the German born lithographer and wood engraver Joseph Martin Kronheim, who is noted for working with George Baxter, the English printed credited with the invention of commercially viable color printing. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4". 13pp, string bound. Lavishly printed with gilt highlights, the colors fresh and intense. OCLC: 341180480 records one copy at University of Massachusetts, Boston. Seller Inventory # 23626
Bibliographic Details
Title: Centennial Home Insurance Company. Calendar
Publisher: Kronheim & Co, New York
Publication Date: 1876
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good condition
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