Sep 25, 2001 - Sale 1906

Sale 1906 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 489
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(BROOKLYN)
J. T. Bailey. An Historical Sketch of the City of Brooklyn, and the Surrounding Neighborhood, including the Village of Williamsburgh. Brooklyn, 1840. Small lithographed folding map showing the Battle of Long Island. 12mo, elaborate later stamped morocco gilt with the seal of New York; bookplate on the front pastedown. inscribed to mrs. thomas mcgeorge by the author. Howes B32.

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The city of Brooklyn was chartered just 6 years before this description was published and its city plan commissioned only a year prior.