Dec 08, 2015 - Sale 2401

Sale 2401 - Lot 379

Price Realized: $ 650
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(NEW YORK CITY.) The Wharves, Piers and Slips, Belonging to the Corporation of the City of New York 1868. North River. Title and preliminaries, 65 color lithographed plans (of 66?, but none obviously missing) finished by hand, each with a preceeding descriptive text leaf. Oblong 4to, 245x305 mm, contemporary 1/2 green leather over green cloth, backstrip a little loose, front hinge starting; internally very clean at front, some later maps lightly toned or very lightly soiled, overall in good order. New York: The New York Printing Company, 1868

Additional Details

Another volume covering the East River was also issued in 1868. Sabin calls for 66 plates.