New York: Asher & Adams, 1872. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16.5" x 22.5". Beautiful clear map of New York with parts of surrounding states and Ontario. Delineates counties, towns, railroads, major routes, waterways and topographical details. Scattered chipping. Asher & Adams were publishers based in Washington and New York in the late 19th century. More
New York: Asher & Adams, 1873. Map. Lithograph original hand coloring. Image measures 17 1/2" x 24". This large scale 1873 map depicts Ontario, Canada and it's RR systems. Districts are hand colored and railway lines are labeled. City and town names occur as well as stops along the routes. Rivers, bays, capes, islands and other topographic features are also noted throughout. Asher & Adams were publishers based in Washington and New York in the late 19th century who produced..... More
U.S. Coast Survey, 1857. Map. Framed lithograph with hand coloring. Image measures 26.25" x 36.25". In beautiful archival cherry wood frame with conservation glass, measures 38.25" x 48.25" x 1". In very good condition. Sea chart showing the middle section of southern Long Island. Shows Bridgehampton, East Hampton and South Hampton. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an incredibly prolific surveyor, who worked as the superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. Over the course of the 19th century, the U.S...... More
New York: A. Guerber & Co., 1851. View. Original color lithograph with hand coloring. Image measures 22 1/8" x 32 1/2". In archival black frame. This dramatic circa 1851 view depicts New York City and Brooklyn in beautiful detail looking north from Governors Island extending out behind it toward the horizon. The bustling harbor and the piers along the west and east bank is filled with an assortment of sail and steam ships. Battery Park is beautifully depicted with Castle..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.5" x 24". Shows some small tears at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows Astoria, Queens, from First Street to Third Avenue and from Linden Street to Broadway. Verso shows details of Newtown, Maspeth, and Woodside. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873). Frederick W. Beers (flourished..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.5" x 24". Shows some foxing. Shows tears and chips at edges, some extend beyond neat-line. In very good condition. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows Brooklyn from Newtown Creek to 60th Street, and from the East River to Flatbush (Ditmas Park). Verso shows details of Flatbush, Windsor Terrace, and Parkville P.O. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (New York..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15 1/2" x 24". This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows Sea Cliff Grove in the Glen Cove in Suffolk County. The map beautifully renders topographic features, such as swamps, harbors, and lakes, and notes streets, wards, settlements, wards, major buildings, landowners, bridges, wharves, railroads, cemeteries, etc. Shows from Main Avenue down to Hempstead Harbor. Also includes two small insets, one of a famous..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 24" x 15.5". Shows some small tears at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. Verso shows details of Bayridge, New Utrecht and Bath. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873). Frederick W. Beers (flourished 1858-1929) came from a family of surveyors, cartographers..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.5" x 24". Shows some foxing. Shows some small tears at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows Hunters Point, Queens, from Newtown Creek to Division Street, and from the East River to East Avenue (present-day 21st Street). Verso shows details of Winfield, Middle Village, and part of Astoria. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 24" x 15". This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows Long Island City from Riker's Island to Newtown Creek, neighborhoods of Astoria, Bowery Bay Ward (Ditmars), Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point and Blissville (Sunnyside) are shown. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (1873). Verso shows details of Dutch Kills and Blissville. Frederick W. Beers (flourished 1858-1929) came from a family of..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.5" x 54". Shows some foxing. Shows some tears and chips at edges, image unaffected. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows all of Long Island. Includes part of New Jersey, Westchester and Fisher's Island. Fish oil factories are noted as well as early RR lines. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873). Frederick W...... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.5" x 24". Shows some small tears at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows College Point, Flushing, Queens, from River Street and Flushing Bay to 21st Street, and from 2nd Avenue to 9th Avenue. Verso is blank with manuscript notes in pencil. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (New York: Beers, Comstock, &..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.5" x 23.5". Shows some small tears at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, at the convergence of Brownsville, East New York and Cypress Hills. Verso shows details of Gravesend and Fort Hamilton. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873)..... More
New York: Watson & Co., 1891. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 20.25" x 30.5". This uncommon 1891 map by Frederick W. Beers covers Orange, Rockland, Putnam and Westchester Counties in New York. The map beautifully renders elevation, meadows and other topographic features and notes streets, wards, settlements, wards, major buildings, landowners, bridges, wharves, railroads, cemeteries, etc. Includes Peekskill, Fort Montgomery, Fort Clinton, Doodletown, etc. The map was included in Watson and Co.'s "Atlas of the Hudson River..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 24" x 15". This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows the south part of Oyster Bay, which at the time, was part of Queens County. The map beautifully renders topographic features, such as swamps, harbors, and lakes, and notes streets, wards, settlements, wards, major buildings, landowners, bridges, wharves, railroads, cemeteries, etc. Shows from Jericho P. O. down through Mannetto Hill, Hicksville P. O., Bedelltown..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.5" x 24". Shows some foxing. Shows some tears and chips at edges, image unaffected. Centerfold repaired. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows Southampton, Long Island. Insets show Good Ground and Canoe Place, Peonk, Union Place, and West Hampton. Verso shows details of Southampton, with an inset of Flanders. Fish oil factories are noted as well as early RR lines. Included in Beers'..... More
Paris: Jacques Nicolas Bellin, 1764. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 21 7/8" x 34 7/8". Fantastic early map of New York City. Details the fortress and city walls, streets and lots. A numbered key corresponds to notable buildings such as the governor's house and the armory. Based on a manuscript map by J.B.L. Franquelin of 1693, created during the French and Indian War. The focus on military function and details evokes the threat of attack by the French on the..... More
New York: Julius Bien & Company, 1895. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 34" x 23". Fantastic large scale double page map of northeastern New York featuring the picturesque area of the Thousand Islands and the St. Lawrence River. Shows townships, tracts, lots, major roads, waterways, geographical features and railroads. Published in "Atlas of the State of New York". A few scattered chips and tears to edges. More
New York: Julius Bien & Company, 1895. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 33.75" x 23". Fantastic large scale double page map of northwestern New York featuring Lake Ontario, the Erie Canal and the Finger Lakes. Shows counties, townships, tracts, lots, major roads, waterways, geographical features and railroads. Published in "Atlas of the State of New York". A few scattered chips and tears to edges. More
New York: Julius Bien & Co., 1895. City plan. Color lithograph. 18" x 24.25". Shows some staining and small chips at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. Albany is the capital city of New York State. Julius Bien (1826-1909) was an American lithographic printer and cartographer based in New York City. During the course of the second half of the 19th century, he produced thousands of maps for both public and private publishers. Some of his most notable commissions..... More
New York: Julius Bien & Co., 1895. Map. Color lithograph. 24.75" x 17.75". Shows some staining and small chips at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. Julius Bien (1826-1909) was an American lithographic printer and cartographer based in New York City. During the course of the second half of the 19th century, he produced thousands of maps for both public and private publishers. Some of his most notable commissions were for the U.S. government, including many geological maps that..... More
New York: Julius Bien & Co., 1895. Map. Color lithograph. 24.75" x 17.5". Shows some staining at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. Fine map of Rochester New York showing wards, parks Railroads and streets. Julius Bien (1826-1909) was an American lithographic printer and cartographer based in New York City. During the course of the second half of the 19th century, he produced thousands of maps for both public and private publishers. Some of his most notable commissions were..... More
New York: Julius Bien & Co., 1895. Map. Color lithograph. 36" x 25". Very detailed map of Essex County and the Adirondack Mountains. Shows from the southern border of Essex County, Bullhead Mountain being the southernmost mountain shown. Extends up to Port Kent and shows Burlington, VT on the other side of the river. The majority of the High Peaks Wilderness is located in Essex County. Notations and coloring show both political boundaries and elevation. Julius Bien (1826-1909) was an..... More
Edinburgh & London: Blackie & Son, 1884. Map. Offset lithograph. 15" x 22". Incredibly detailed map of Ontario and parts of Quebec. Labels railroad lines, towns, district names, rivers, lakes, etc. Shows from Detroit on Lake Erie (in the United States) up to what is today Sault St. Marie between Lake Huron and Lake Superior, and east to Cap-Sante on the St. Lawrence River, but not quite to Quebec City. Inset in the upper left hand corner shows Montreal and..... More
Amsterdam: 1638. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 15.25" x 20". This important 1638 map by Willem Blaeu provides an unexpected and unequalled view of the nascent colonies of New Netherlands, labeled with its Latin equivalent of Nova Belgica, and New Amsterdam. Oriented to the west, it proceeds from south at top to north at bottom, producing an oddly oriented but highly detailed account of the coastline. This map publicizes the 1613 discoveries of Dutch captain Adriaen Block, who..... More
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