May 11, 2023 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
330
Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[MAP - UPPER MANHATTAN]
EWEN, EDWARD S and HAMILTON EWEN. Map of the City of New York North of 155th St. Showing the progress made in laying out Streets, Avenues, Roads, Public Squares and Places by the Commissioners of Central Park, Under Chap. 565 of Laws of 1865 and of New Pier and Bulkhead Lines under Chap. 695 of Laws of 1867. [New York]: Edward S. Ewen, October 1873. Hand colored lithographed map printed by the American Photo-Lithographic Company, NY, using Osborne's process, folded, laid down on linen, and pasted into original black cloth case, gilt lettered front board, with printed title page as front board pastedown. The map measures 24 x 67 inches (61 x 170 cm) to the neatline; case measures 13 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (34 x 23 cm). Boards worn, some white stains, front board detached, title page with a few ink smudges and signed James A. Deering, map with a few ink smudges, manuscript pencil annotations, and four streets lightly colored blue in crayon, some creasing to one edge, small losses along folds, very faint offsetting and a few pale spots, altogether a rather clean and bright example.
A rare large-scale map of Upper Manhattan, produced during the final stages of the city's northward expansion as the area was beginning to change from open farmland to urban grid. This area of Upper Manhattan was not taken into account by John Randle's 1811 "Commissioner's Plan," and so, in 1865, the development of this area became the responsibility of the Central Park Commission. The plan represented here had earlier been laid out in the 13th annual Central Park Commissioner's report of 1870, which included a smaller map showing the same area. A comparison of the two maps shows the numerous changes made to the plan during the three intervening years. This map shows the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Washington Heights and Fort George, and it depicts the streets, lots, parks, farms, railroads, bridges, and certain extant buildings, such as the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. The map also shows the suggested new bulkheads along the island's coastlines, and has a vignette illustration of the High Bridge. The map is rare - we locate no copies at auction, and just four in libraries.
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Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[MAP - UPPER MANHATTAN]
EWEN, EDWARD S and HAMILTON EWEN. Map of the City of New York North of 155th St. Showing the progress made in laying out Streets, Avenues, Roads, Public Squares and Places by the Commissioners of Central Park, Under Chap. 565 of Laws of 1865 and of New Pier and Bulkhead Lines under Chap. 695 of Laws of 1867. [New York]: Edward S. Ewen, October 1873. Hand colored lithographed map printed by the American Photo-Lithographic Company, NY, using Osborne's process, folded, laid down on linen, and pasted into original black cloth case, gilt lettered front board, with printed title page as front board pastedown. The map measures 24 x 67 inches (61 x 170 cm) to the neatline; case measures 13 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (34 x 23 cm). Boards worn, some white stains, front board detached, title page with a few ink smudges and signed James A. Deering, map with a few ink smudges, manuscript pencil annotations, and four streets lightly colored blue in crayon, some creasing to one edge, small losses along folds, very faint offsetting and a few pale spots, altogether a rather clean and bright example.
A rare large-scale map of Upper Manhattan, produced during the final stages of the city's northward expansion as the area was beginning to change from open farmland to urban grid. This area of Upper Manhattan was not taken into account by John Randle's 1811 "Commissioner's Plan," and so, in 1865, the development of this area became the responsibility of the Central Park Commission. The plan represented here had earlier been laid out in the 13th annual Central Park Commissioner's report of 1870, which included a smaller map showing the same area. A comparison of the two maps shows the numerous changes made to the plan during the three intervening years. This map shows the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Washington Heights and Fort George, and it depicts the streets, lots, parks, farms, railroads, bridges, and certain extant buildings, such as the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. The map also shows the suggested new bulkheads along the island's coastlines, and has a vignette illustration of the High Bridge. The map is rare - we locate no copies at auction, and just four in libraries.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, May 11, 2023
