Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 275

Price Realized: $ 4,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(NEW YORK CITY.) Reports of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park. Numerous folding maps and plates, plus several albumen photographs mounted into the last three reports as issued. 13 volumes bound in 2. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, moderate wear; hinges split, 2 maps defective, though the condition is generally strong; later related clippings mounted to front endpapers. New York, 1857-68

Additional Details

Includes the preliminary report submitted to the Board of Aldermen as "Document No. 5," 1857; the 1st through 11th Annual Reports of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, 1858-68; and a 24-page printed letter from G.M. Wilkins to the Commissioners of Appraisal, 1864.