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Auction 207, Lot 172

"[2 Maps] Driving Road Chart of the Country Surrounding New York City - North-West and South-West"

Subject: New Jersey & New York

Period: 1887 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.6 x 12.1 inches
19.3 x 30.7 cm
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Issued by Hyde & Company, these two sheets represent the northwestern (26.6 x 33.4") and southwestern (25.6 x 32.9") quadrants of a mammoth four-sheet map of greater New York City. This pair covers the region from New Brunswick, Newark, Jersey City, and Hackensack north into New York including Nyack, Spring Valley and New City. Each sheet is filled with fine detail including the street grid pattern of larger towns and cities, roads, railroads, rivers, docks, marshes, property owners, and much more. Backed with contemporary linen. Folds into brown cloth boards with gilt title on the front cover. OCLC shows three institutional locations for the complete four-sheet map.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding and backed with contemporary linen. There is some light toning, a couple of short splits at the fold junctions, and pencil notations in the right margin of the northwest sheet. Covers have minor wear.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 2/11/2026

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