"...I am indebted to my friend Mr. Maurice B, Adams for the exceedingly careful and conscientious manner in which these illustrations have been prepared, and for the hearty co-operation and able assistance he has given to me in preparing the several drawings, in which, whatever be their general merit as regards design, I feel confident every care has been taken to reproduce, as faithfully as possible,--aided in many in-stances by careful photographs done by Messrs. Bedford, Lemere, and Co.,--the various examples of Decoration and Furniture selected by me for illustration."--pages x-xi; Additional electronic version available through Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/decoration00edis
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Edis, Robert W. (Robert William), 1839-1927. -- Decoration & furniture of town houses : a series of Cantor lectures delivered before the Society of arts, 1880, amplified and enl. / by Robert W. Edis... with 29 full-page illustrations and numerous sketches. -- New York : Scribner and Welford, 1881. -- xvi, 292 p. : front., illus., 28 pl. ; 22 cm. Call number of original: NK1710 E3
