Description:
New York, 1852. Ephemera. Very good overall. A form letter with hand written additions, describing a new edition of the New York map to be published, and requesting changes, omissions, corrections to be marked in red ink specifically for the Essex County section. "...if you are not sufficiently acquainted with the geography of your County, you will please hand it to the Surveyor of the County... By complying with this request, you will oblige us, and confer a favor on the public - for which services we will forward you a copy of said Map when completed..." 4 7/8" x 7 3/4", folded, blue paper, blind stamp on back page, in ink on verso "H. Thayer & Co. Letter, Feby 1852", original folds, ink discoloration.
State of New York by THAYER, Horace & CO - 1851
by THAYER, Horace & CO
State of New York
by THAYER, Horace & CO
- Used
- Hardcover
New York, 1851. Period outline color, 20 x 25½, folding into red cloth covers. Table at lower left: Stations and Distances on Railroads in, and Running out of New York State. Table at right: Population of New York. A brightly colored early map of New York State with decorative motifs and borders. Not in Phillips; not in Rumsey.
- Bookseller Donald Heald Rare Books (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1851
- Keywords 19th century