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Auction 205, Lot 256
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"City of New-York", Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Subject: New York City, New York

Period: 1850 (dated)

Publication: A New Universal Atlas...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.6 x 15.6 inches
32 x 39.6 cm
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This plan covers Manhattan as well as parts of Williamsburg and Brooklyn. Manhattan is shown in great detail as far north as 37th Street. The map locates ferry routes, docks, and names all streets. Tables along the side borders index more than 200 important public buildings, hotels, and churches. Surrounded by a decorative border. Dated 1850 but published circa 1854 by Desilver & Butler.

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Condition: A

Full contemporary color with minor foxing mostly in the margins and a tiny repaired edge tear confined to the right blank margin.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $190

Closed on 9/10/2025

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