(Parks - Brooklyn)   FIRST [SECOND, ...EIGHTH] ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn. January 28th, 1861.         Brooklyn: L. Darbee & Son, January 1861 -   1868.          A complete run of the first eight annual reports of the Commissioners of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York. The park was authorized by legislation in 1859 and the initial plans for it were prepared by Egbert Viele, a civil engineer who had also been involved in the initial planning for New York's Central Park. The first annual report includes Viele's proposal for the design of the park along with his extensive topographical report on the site. The outbreak of the Civil War interrupted activity for four years. Near the end of this period Calvert Vaux was consulted on the plan and made several recommendations - most notably urging a shift in the boundaries - which resulted in his being appointed to prepare and execute a new plan for the park. He persuaded Frederick Law Olmsted to rejoin him on the project, and thus the firm of Olmsted and Vaux began work on Prospect Park in 1865. Their report describing their new plan for a park within the revised boundaries makes up nearly the entire text of the Sixth Annual Commissioners report. Reports for the two following years elaborate on the design and relate the progress made on the park as well as including several folding plans. Bound at the end is a separate reprint of all the legislative acts authorizing the creation of Prospect Park.   8vo (22.2 x 13.8 cm); 80 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 6 + 38 + 28 + 87 + 17 pp. + 9 folding plans (6 in color) + 7 plates (3 folding and in color).            Old half calf with gilt spine, leather spine labels and marbled boards; edges marbled; head of spine gently worn; internally clean and tight. $2,000.00

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