Dec 05, 2017 - Sale 2464

Sale 2464 - Lot 156

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
(NEW YORK.) Burr, David. Map of the State of New York with Parts of the Adjacent Country, Embracing Plans of the Cities and Some of the Larger Villages. Engraved case map dissected into 24 sections and laid on original linen, folding into marbled paper end wrappers. 47x57 inches extended; superb original hand-color; minor spotting and offsetting. Preserved loose in its original 4to format morocco backed marbled paper covered board portfolio case with gilt stamped red morocco lettering piece on upper cover, a little worn with backstrip slightly defective. New York: J.H. Colton, 1834

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An exceptional example of the first edition of Burr's wall map of New York State incorporating many inset town plans, most notably and prominently Manhattan.