King's hand-book of Boston
Subtitle: profusely illustrated
By: Moses King, publisher
Contributors: Rand, Avery & Co
Edition: 5th ed.].
Publisher: Moses King
Published: 1883
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Streetscapes (Urban design); Pictorial works; Church buildings; Parks
Notes: Photomechanical reproductions of images of Boston, with accompanying texts, including "Preface to the Fifth Edition" by Moses King.

Includes images of post office, historical illustrations, harbor view, scenes of the Boston Fire of 1872, historic residences, street views, depots, hotels, city hall, water works, state house, custom house, Boston Common, public garden, fountains, monuments, statues, library, athenaeum, Museum of Fine Arts, Society of Natural History, colleges, Harvard, Wellesley, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, schools, commercial buildings, businesses, churches, Y. M. C. A., home for aged women, home for aged men, missions, hospitals, infirmary, burying ground, tomb, cemetery, asylum, music hall, private clubs, yacht club, masonic temple, insurance buildings, banks, office buildings, Fanueil Hall, Quincy Market, warehouses, factories and industrial buildings.

"Copyrighted 1878, 1879, 1881, 1883, by Moses King." (t.p.)

Illustrated with a large quantity of high quality engravings.

Avery Classics copy: Printed label on cover [2] reads: "Ralph L. Robinson, East Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Mass."