May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 8,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
FADEN, WILLIAM. A Plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & East New Jersey, with particular Description of the Engagement on the Woody Heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776. between His Majesty's Forces Commanded by General Howe and the Americans under Major General Putnam, Shewing also the Landing of the British Army on New-York Island, and the Taking of the City of New-York &c. on the 15th of September following with the Subsequent Disposition of Both the Armies. Engraved broadside map of Manhattan and environs with the text account below. 750x535 mm, margins very close at top and bottom, as usual; later hand-coloring in full; central horizontal fold, lightly foxed and toned. Stevens and Tree's Fifth Issue. London: Faden, 1776