May 26, 2016 - Sale 2417

Sale 2417 - Lot 100

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(NEW YORK CITY--BROOKLYN.) Hooker, William; Ward, E. C. (surveyor). Hooker's New Pocket Plan of the Village of Brooklyn. Engraved folding map of Brooklyn (focused primarily on the Heights and Navy Yard). 16 1/4x20 inches sheet size; full original hand-color; one very small repaired loss in lower left quadrant, leather folder somewhat split at spine, map separated from folder. New York: William Hooker, 1827
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Scarce. Maps of Brooklyn from this era are seldom encountered. This plan depicts the Village of Brooklyn before it had expanded beyond the confines of the Heights. The Navy Yard is demarcated. There is some building-level detail. Shows the East River side of Manhattan with ferry lines.