Calvert Vaux Architect and Planner Book

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ALEX, William and George B. Tatum. CALVERT VAUX, ARCHITECT & PLANNER. New York: Ink, Inc., 1994. Over sized hardcover with … Read more ALEX, William and George B. Tatum. CALVERT VAUX, ARCHITECT & PLANNER. New York: Ink, Inc., 1994. Over sized hardcover with dust jacket. 272 pp. First edition. Copiously illustrated in black and white with some color in photographs, plans and drawings. A comprehensive biography of a nineteenth century American architect, planner, and landscape designer. Vaux designed New York's Central Park and Prospect Park with Fredrick Law Olmstead. He also designed the first buildings for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History. A really fine book! See less