"Map of the State of New York ", Magnus, Charles

This decorative map of the state features a beautiful bird's-eye view of Niagara Falls at upper left. Counties are delineated in various hand coloring with good detail of towns and villages, canals, railroads, wagon roads, watershed, and more. A second inset shows all of Long Island on the same scale as the main map. The titling is in fancy text with flourishes and banknote-style pattern behind. A handsome decorative border surrounds the map. Blank verso. An uncommon map by Charles Magnus, 12 Frankfort Str. New York. The map appears to have been issued separately or perhaps in a pocket map format although there is no overt evidence of it having been attached to covers.

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Condition: B+

A nice impression with minor creasing and several separations along the centerfold that have been closed on verso with archival tape. Two edge chips at top have been professionally replaced with a small portion of border drawn in facsimile.