(NEW YORK CITY) Commissioners of the Board of Taxes and Asse

Sale 2464 - Lot 291

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(NEW YORK CITY.) Commissioners of the Board of Taxes and Assessments. The Land Map of the City of New York. 43 numbered full page lithographed sectional maps, double-page color-printed index map to volume 1 (Manhattan), full page color-printed index map to volume 2 (Bronx), lithographed title-page; each sheet on wove paper watermarked "Crane & Co., Dalton, Mass, 1890." 2 volumes in 1, oblong imperial folio, 22x26 1/2 inches, original cloth covered boards with gilt stamped morocco title-piece on upper cover, worn, needs binding; title and maps with some edge staining and chipping, but generally quite clean. New York: Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments, January 1, 1891

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The present maps come across with a much cleaner, more restrained feel than the busy meticulousness seen in other more commercially produced real estate atlases of the period by publishers such as Bromley and Hyde. Maps 1-24 concern Manhattan; 25-43 the Bronx. The detailed sections reference each block, offering a much clearer overall sense of the actual city planning compiled for tax assessment purposes. Very scarce, with only three copies located.