Auction catalogs of his library [microform], 1843-1850.

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Auction catalogs of his library [microform], 1843-1850.

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Four catalogs from auctions of the books from the extensive library of Ithiel Town. The auctions were conducted in New York by Gurley & Hill in 1843, by Royal Gurley & Co. in 1847, by Cooley, Keese & Hill in 1848, and by Cooley & Keese in 1850.

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Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844

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Ithiel Town was an architect and bridge builder. He studied with Asher Benjamin in Boston and was a partner with Alexander J. Davis for a few years. Town was a leader in the Greek and Gothic Revival styles in American architecture. But it was his profits from bridge building that enabled him to amass the largest library of art, architecture, and engineering books and prints in the United States. He began to sell off his library before his death in 1844. From the description of Auctio...