LLOYD, James T.

New York and Forty Miles Around it

New York: J.T. Lloyd, 1868.

Case map. Lithograph with hand coloring with original purple buckram case. Image measures 36 1/4 x 29 inches.

Outstanding and rare pocket map of New York and surround. Features counties, townships, topographical and geographical elements, major routes, some street grids (including Manhattan), land owners, notable landmarks, buildings, railroad lines, distances and in New York Harbor, depths. Bonus map of Manhattan verso. Attached to pretty booklet case, so wear and splits along folds. Advertisements for Lloyd's other maps and a warning against mix ups with H.H. Lloyd, another mapmaker. Haskell, D.C. #1160 & #1173 (but with 1868 date on the 40 mile map).

Illustrator: Fiske and Russell
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English

Price: $3,500.00

Item #293216

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