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	BRIDGMAN, E. C. Bridgman's Map of the Suburbs of New York City Embracing the Territory Occupied by the Homes of New York Businessman New York: [circa 1875]. Folding pocket map, full period hand-colouring. (Flattened, separations at folds repaired). With the original cloth covers, containing 8pp. Index and an ad for Bridgman on the front pastedown. Sheet size: 28 x 21 1/2 inches. Colourful 19th century pocket map of the New York and New Jersey suburbs, with all the railroad routes into the city shown. Before the "bridge and tunnel" crowd came the "rail and ferry" commuters. Following the Civil War, a new class of entrepreneurs created a fast growing upper/middle class which began building homes in the suburbs of Westchester and Northern New Jersey. Development of the transportation into the city quickly followed and this map was published by Bridgman for these "New York Businessmen." This map, on a scale of two and half miles to the inch, depicts the greater metropolitan area, roughly centered on Newark, NJ, as far north as the New York/New Jersey state line, as far south as Freehold, NJ, as far east as Inglewood, NY and as far west as Bedminster, NJ. The lower left corner is distorted out of scale to include Trenton. A profusion of towns are named, along with roads, waterways and some businesses. The area's many railroad lines are prominently shown, with the Westchester lines terminating at the new Grand Central Depot (opened 1871). Although there is no date on the map, it was published circa 1875 based on the fact that Grand Central Depot is named, there are no bridges over the East River and Morrisania is shown as part of New York County. Haskell, Manhattan Maps 1379 (suggesting a date of 1885) #25816$750.00
	CLARKE & STEPHENSON (publishers) Clarke & Stephenson's New York City Guide. For August, 1862. New York: French & Wheat, printers, 1862. Folding map, printed in blue, advertisements printed in blue on verso, 32pp. letterpress text, with integral advertisements (minor silverfish damage to the first and last two text leaves). Folds into original cream card wrappers, titled in red on the exterior of the upper cover, advertisements in red on interior of the upper cover, and the interior and exterior of the lower cover, contemporary signature on the upper outer cover. Sheet size: 12 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches. A snap-shot of New York City during the Civil War. The map covers from Battery Park to 17th Street and Union Square, with the ferry routes marked and a small section of Brooklyn in the lower left corner. The text covers 'places of Amusement; banks; city railroads; location of Commissioners of police; Custom house; table of distances; exchanges; express companies; ferries; freight and transport companies; hack charges; hotels; location of piers, places of interest; post offices; and railroad trains". There is also a large variety of advertisements, including a large illustrated ad for B. B. & J. Hagerty's medical glassware, card photographs of celebrated Americans, patent axle grease, American Indian goods, New Haven patent shirts, to various publisher's and printers. #25151$750.00
	DISTURNELL, John (1801-1877), publisher; and David H. BURR (1803-1875), cartographer A Guide to the City of New York; containing an alphabetical list of streets, &c. Accompanied by a correct map. New York: J. Disturnell, 1837. 16pp. Engraved frontispiece view of "New-York University" drawn and engraved by R. Hinshelwood. Folding map titled "Map of the City of New-York ... for New York as it is in 1837" by D. H. Burr, engraved by S. Stiles & Co., period hand-colouring in outline (sheet size: approx. 13 x 10 3/4 inches). Publisher's red straight-grained morocco, covers bordered in blind, title stamped in gilt on the upper cover. Scarce New York City pocket guide and map published by Disturnell. This pocket map by Burr which depicts the city as far north as the east side of 34th Street contains a wealth of information through the use of numbered and lettered references which are keyed to the text in the guide. These include: piers (numbered 1-49 on the North River and 1-46 on the East River), public buildings (lettered A-KK), principal hotels (lettered a-bb), and places of worship (numbered 1-117). Twelve numbered references keyed on the map itself identify 12 public buildings in Brooklyn. The engraved frontispiece view by Hinshelwood is the first view of New York University's original main building, designed by Davis, Town and Dakin, construction of which was completed in 1837. This guide, a variant of Disturnell's New York As It Is series without the business directory, is quite scarce. Cf. Sabin 54459. #25640$650.00
	DRIPPS, Matthew (publisher) Map of the Bays, Harbors and Rivers around New York New York: published by M. Dripps, 1871. Provenance: Thomas H. Kane (early ink stamp to lower right corner). Lithographic map, with full period hand-colour, on fine paper (old folds with some browning, expert repairs and occasional facsimile work). Sheet size: 33 1/4 x 28 3/8 inches. An attractive map of Manhattan and its surroundings. As the title suggests, this map concentrates on physical landmarks and features of the land and sea "Showing the channels, soundings, lighthouses, buoys &c. and the complete topography of the surrounding country; including Hemstead, Sandy-Hook, South-Amboy, Newark, Yonkers, N. Rochelle & Glencove". The title goes on to note that the map is "Based on the trigonometrical survey, executed in 1856, for the Harbor Commissioners of New York, by A.D. Bache Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey", but is at pains to point out that "The surveys of the cities, townships, railways, canals, roads, etc. are entirely original, & have been carefully revised & completed to date". "Checklist of Maps and Atlases relating to the city of New York in the New York Public Library" in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, volume V (New York: 1901), p.70 #20370$3,750.00
	KEMBLE, W. - Edward WALKER, publisher. City of New York New York: Edward Walker, [1846]. Engraved folding pocket map, full period hand-colouring. Folds into publisher's blindstamped cloth covers, title stamped in gilt on the upper cover. Sheet size: 23 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches. New York in 1846 with the city's Masonic Lodges identified. A brightly coloured depiction of lower Manhattan, as far north as 34th street, with parts of Brooklyn and Williamsburg. The map shows the city divided into wards with the streets named, and includes the routes of the many ferries across both rivers. Interestingly, by means of two symbols explained in a key at the lower left, the map shows the locations of the city's Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges. The map appears to be printed from the same plate as, or a close copy of, David H. Burr's map of the city. Haskell, Manhattan Maps 900 #25830$750.00
	PHELPS, Humphrey New York City New York: 1857. Folding map, full period hand-colouring. Street indexes along the left side and in the lower right corner. Advertisement for a men's clothing store in the upper right corner. (Flattened, separations at folds repaired). Decorative and colorful map of Manhattan, depicting the city as far north as 131st Street, with an early depiction of Central Park. This colorful map by Phelps appeared in several guides to New York, including his own Stranger's and Citizens Guide of 1857. The map depicts the city divided into wards and fire districts, with an early layout of Central Park. Parts of Brooklyn and New Jersey are shown, and the numerous ferry lines crossing the rivers are identified. This copy a rare variant, with an advertisement for a men's clothing store in the upper right corner, in place of the word "Map" found on the other issue. Phillips, A List of Maps of America, p. 535; Haskell, Manhattan Maps 1044 and 1045. #25828$2,000.00
	PHELPS, Humphrey New York City Map New York: 1857. Folding map. Street indexes along the left side and in the lower right corner. (Flattened, separations at folds repaired). Decorative map of Manhattan, depicting the city as far north as 131st Street, with an early depiction of Central Park. This map by Phelps appeared in several guides to New York, including his own Stranger's and Citizens Guide of 1857. The map depicts the city divided into wards and fire districts, with an early layout of Central Park. Parts of Brooklyn and New Jersey are shown, and the numerous ferry lines crossing the rivers are identified. Phillips, A List of Maps of America, p. 535; Haskell, Manhattan Maps 1044 and 1045. #25829$1,500.00
	VIELE, General Egbert Ludovicus (1825-1902) The Transval of New York New York: Johnson & Co., 1880. Map printed in colours, (sheet size:17 x 54 inches), (splits at folds expertly sealed), [with:] a 29pp. pamphlet "The Transval of New York" (New York: Johnson & Co., 1880), small 8vo (6 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches), original pebble-grained cloth-covered boards. . A fine map of the region now largely Washington Heights of Manhattan; from 130th Street to Inwood Hill Park, the Henry Hudson Bridge and the northern-most tip of Manhattan Island that Viele proposed to call the Transval in reference to the valley-like gorge that runs through the area. The name never stuck and little or nothing came of Viele's proposal that this would be an excellent terminal port for lumber and grain traveling via the Erie Canal. A canal, similar to that shown on the map, was finally dug in 1923. Much of Viele's map, as with many 19th century maps of Manhattan, was "as planned" or hoped for rather than "as existing". What were there in fact were the substantial homes, designated in black on the map, of prosperous New Yorkers, who enjoyed the spectacular views of the Hudson and many of the north-south running avenues that form the axes of the present community. Viele's pamphlet gives an entertaining and detailed history of the region and a particularly good account of the Battle for Fort Washington, which, though Washington's men lost, was a valiantly fought encounter, worthy of greater renown in the annals of that war. General Viele had a distinguished career. A descendent of an old New York Dutch family, he graduated from West Point, served in the Mexican War and the Civil War, was Engineer-in-Chief of the Central Park and Prospect Park developments and served a term in Congress. Jackson, The Encyclopedia of New York City #20372$1,750.00
	VIELE, General Egbert Ludovicus (1825-1902) The West End Plateau of New York New York: Johnson & Pratt, 1879. Folding map, printed in colours, by Johnson & Pratt (sheet size:15 3/4 x 50 3/4 inches), [with:] a 25pp. pamphlet "The West End Plateau of the City of New York" (New York: Johnson & Pratt., 1879, 12mo (5 3/4 x 3 3/8 inches), both contained within a single original binding of blue cloth-covered boards (text detached). Map expertly conserved, losses at folds repaired with facsimile in several places. A fine map of the area from 50th street to 130th Street, between Central Park and the Hudson River. The Upper West Side of Manhattan presented on a large scale and as a promise, rather than as a realization, for most of what stands there now was yet to be built in 1879. In fact, this map, like so many maps of 19th century New York City, is a proposed or envisioned section of town. But the elements of what were to make the Upper West Side what it now is, are in place: Central Park, Riverside Park, Morningside Park and the expanded Bloomingdale Road, which became Broadway. These were the framework of the huge building frenzy from 1904 to the 1930s during which the Upper West Side became one of the regions New York expanded into. General Egbert Viele (1825-1902) had a distinguished career. He graduated from West Point, served in the Mexican War and the Civil War, and was Engineer-in-Chief in the making of both Central Park and Prospect Park. He served a term in Congress. But actually, he is best known for his "Sanitation and Topographical Map of New York City", issued in 1865, which showed the original streams, marshes and general topography of the island superimposed upon which is the grid system of streets. General Viele's accompanying pamphlet envisions the vast development of the Upper West Side at a time when the area was sparsely inhabited and quite poor. To many New Yorkers, the city seemed complete. Viele begins by describing the great cities of London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin and Naples and promises that New York will surpass them all. Jackson, The ENcyclopedia of New York City. #20371$2,500.00
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