May 11, 2023 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
316
Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[GOERCK, CASIMIR THEODOR, after]
A Map of Mr. Effn Embree & Others place formerly belonging to Anthony Rutgers laying westerly of Great George Street. Surveyed Sept. 6th 1790 by Casimir Th. Goerck, City Surveyor. Manuscript map in ink and colors on paper, with "A true copy from the original New York Dec 8th 1828, Geo. B Smith City Surveyor" in ink at lower right. The map is backed. 26 x 33 inches (66 x 84 cm). Losses and abrasions, dust soiling, later markings within the image.
A copy after Casimir Goerck showing the 1790 layout of blocks near New York Hospital, here depicted as a pink rooftop. Barley Street was renamed Duane and Catherine renamed Anthony and eventually Worth Street, both after 1800. Together with [BANCKER, GEORGE]. Broad Way with a view of New York Hospital. 1772 copied 1822. 21 x 18 inches (53 x 46 cm). the map is backed. Tears and losses.
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Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[GOERCK, CASIMIR THEODOR, after]
A Map of Mr. Effn Embree & Others place formerly belonging to Anthony Rutgers laying westerly of Great George Street. Surveyed Sept. 6th 1790 by Casimir Th. Goerck, City Surveyor. Manuscript map in ink and colors on paper, with "A true copy from the original New York Dec 8th 1828, Geo. B Smith City Surveyor" in ink at lower right. The map is backed. 26 x 33 inches (66 x 84 cm). Losses and abrasions, dust soiling, later markings within the image.
A copy after Casimir Goerck showing the 1790 layout of blocks near New York Hospital, here depicted as a pink rooftop. Barley Street was renamed Duane and Catherine renamed Anthony and eventually Worth Street, both after 1800. Together with [BANCKER, GEORGE]. Broad Way with a view of New York Hospital. 1772 copied 1822. 21 x 18 inches (53 x 46 cm). the map is backed. Tears and losses.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, May 11, 2023
