Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The greatest show on earth : society / [illustrated by H.W.McVickar]

Accession number
PML 88975
Creator
McVickar, H. W. (Harry Whitney), 1860-1905.
Published
New York : Harper and Brothers, 1892.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Each plate accompanied by a guard sheet with descriptive letterpress in red.
"Copyright, 1892, by Harper & Brothers"--verso of t.p.
With pictorial t.p., half title, introductory page, and "20 pages of social circus performances!"; all color lithographs, half title signed: H.McVickar, otherwise unsigned.
Some of the characters represent important New York personalities.
Publisher's advertisement on last leaf.
Description
[24] leaves : col. ill. (lithographs) ; 19.5 x 26 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's black moiré with gilt lettering and an image of a caricature of a face on upper cover, with red edges.
Classification
Department