Proof copy.

Issued in parts; although the t.p. is dated 1854, the original printed paper cover accompanying each part is dated 1852.

Each plate has been signed by the artist in pencil along the bottom margin; the word "proof" is also engraved in the margin.

Design for Life - Cooper Hewitt T690.C1D55 1852 c. 2 CHMRB ; 8/1997 through 2/1998 William E. Baxter Cooper Hewitt Stephen Van Dyk.

CHMRB has two copies.

Copy 1 [no. 39088008102741] is complete, with [53] leaves of text and [55] leaves of plates.

Copy 1 is bound in full calf with gilt-tooled covers and spine; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers.

Copy 2 [no. 39088008102592] is incomplete, with [46] leaves of text and [53] leaves of plates.

Copy 2 has the original printed paper covers for several parts of the publication, each dated 1852, bound in at the end.

Copy 2 has accession no.: 202045 (also appears as 2045).

Copy 2 has some pencilled annotations and corrections to the text in an unknown hand.

Copy 2 is bound in a brownish-gray cloth binding with gilt-tooled spine.