May 11, 2023 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
326
Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[MAPS - NOHO]
Three nineteenth century manuscript survey maps showing Great Jones Street between Broadway and Bowery, as well as parts of Bond and Bleeker streets. Comprising: SMITH, GEORGE W. (copied after). Daniel S. Jones. Great Jones Street. Manuscript survey map, ink on paper, "A true copy from the original by George W. Smith / January 11th 1831" on recto, with a sheet of paper bearing property owners names and lot numbers affixed with sealing wax, the verso is marked "Daniel S. Jones / Great Jones Street." Backed on linen. 13 x18 inches (33 x 46.5 cm). A few creases, a closed tear, soiling along right hand edge, later annotations in pencil; BRIDGES, E. W. and STEPHEN LUDLAM; a true copy from the original by EDWIN SMITH. A Map of the Lands of Samuel Jones, Esqr. lying between Broadway and Bowery. New York April 1818... Manuscript survey map, ink on paper, property owners and lot numbers are recorded in the top right corner. Backed on linen. 17 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (44.75 x 62.5). One long closed marginal tear and some short closed tears, a few losses to margins touching the neatline, soiling along left edge, a few pale stains, later pencil annotations; And [ANONYMOUS]. [Manuscript survey map of property located between Great Jones and Bond Streets, and Broadway and Bowery]. [No date, circa 1840]. Manuscript survey map, ink on paper, two sheets joined, property owners names recorded in each lot. Backed on linen. 7 3/8 x 23 1/4 inches (19 x 59.75 cm). Lightly toned, a few closed marginal tears and creases, small loss at join effecting the map, later pencil annotations.
A group of three early nineteenth century survey maps recording property ownership on Great Jones and adjacent streets. The majority of the land in all three maps belonged to various members of the Jones family, descendants of the eighteenth century New York lawyer and politician Samuel Jones, for whom the street was named. None of the maps show John Jacob Astor's recently conceived and still developing Lafayette Street, which ran from Astor Place to Great Jones street.
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Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[MAPS - NOHO]
Three nineteenth century manuscript survey maps showing Great Jones Street between Broadway and Bowery, as well as parts of Bond and Bleeker streets. Comprising: SMITH, GEORGE W. (copied after). Daniel S. Jones. Great Jones Street. Manuscript survey map, ink on paper, "A true copy from the original by George W. Smith / January 11th 1831" on recto, with a sheet of paper bearing property owners names and lot numbers affixed with sealing wax, the verso is marked "Daniel S. Jones / Great Jones Street." Backed on linen. 13 x18 inches (33 x 46.5 cm). A few creases, a closed tear, soiling along right hand edge, later annotations in pencil; BRIDGES, E. W. and STEPHEN LUDLAM; a true copy from the original by EDWIN SMITH. A Map of the Lands of Samuel Jones, Esqr. lying between Broadway and Bowery. New York April 1818... Manuscript survey map, ink on paper, property owners and lot numbers are recorded in the top right corner. Backed on linen. 17 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (44.75 x 62.5). One long closed marginal tear and some short closed tears, a few losses to margins touching the neatline, soiling along left edge, a few pale stains, later pencil annotations; And [ANONYMOUS]. [Manuscript survey map of property located between Great Jones and Bond Streets, and Broadway and Bowery]. [No date, circa 1840]. Manuscript survey map, ink on paper, two sheets joined, property owners names recorded in each lot. Backed on linen. 7 3/8 x 23 1/4 inches (19 x 59.75 cm). Lightly toned, a few closed marginal tears and creases, small loss at join effecting the map, later pencil annotations.
A group of three early nineteenth century survey maps recording property ownership on Great Jones and adjacent streets. The majority of the land in all three maps belonged to various members of the Jones family, descendants of the eighteenth century New York lawyer and politician Samuel Jones, for whom the street was named. None of the maps show John Jacob Astor's recently conceived and still developing Lafayette Street, which ran from Astor Place to Great Jones street.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, May 11, 2023
