Author: Anonymous.
Title: A Familiar Conversational History of the Evangelical Churches of New-York.
Description: New-York: Robert Carter, 58 Canal street, 1839. 1839. - Small octavo [approximately 6 inches high by 4 inches wide], green cloth decorated in blind, & titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped. The spine is slightly faded with the tail chipped & a piece out of the head. 222 pages. Illustrated in black & white with an engraved frontispiece & 5 woodcuts of churches. There is staining to the front pastedown & endpapers. The fore-edge & top edge are foxed & there is scattered foxing throughout. Good.

Second edition. The first edition was published in 1838.

In a printed note the anonymous author inscribes his book to "the Rector of St. Thomas' Church, New-York, the Historian, Scholar and Divine". There is a useful appendix in the back listing all of the places of worship in the city. The text includes historical and architectural details described in the form of a conversation between an uncle and his two nephews.

Rare in commerce. Good .

Keywords: AMERICANA; CHURCHES; NEW YORK CITY; ARCHITECTURE; LIST OF ALL NEW YORK CITY CHURCHES; A FAMILIAR CONVERSATIONAL HISTORY OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF NEW-YORK; ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE; WOODCUTS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

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