Sep 25, 2001 - Sale 1906

Sale 1906 - Lot 86

Price Realized: $ 748
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(CENTRAL PARK)
First Annual Report on the Improvement of the Central Park, New York. New York, 1857. 2 large lithographed folding maps of the park by Viele, 2 tinted lithographed views. 8vo, publisher's cloth, worn at edges; front hinge cracked; dampstained, maps separated from binding but with only minor staining at the edges.

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In 1857, the Central Park Commission held a contest to determine the design of what would be the first landscaped public park in the United States. The winning plan by Vaux and Olmstead is detailed in this report.