May 26, 2016 - Sale 2417

Sale 2417 - Lot 113

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(NEW YORK CITY.) Viele, General Egbert Ludovicus. The West End Plateau of New York. Color-printed folding map and 25 page pamphlet. Original blue cloth-covered boards. 15 3/4x50 3/4 inches sheet size; text detached. New York: Johnson & Pratt, 1879

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Scarce map of the Upper West Side by one of the most important cartographers in 19th century New York City. Covers the area from 50th street to 130th Street, between Central Park and the Hudson River. Viele is best known for his "Water map", (see, Swann sale 2401, lot 270, sold for $6,000).