Paris: Claude Tchou & Sons, 1989. Atlas folio. Full page black & white maps by Louis Bretez. 12 pages of introductory text by Laure Beamont-Maillet. Black cloth-backed cream board portfolio with fabric ties. Paris: Claude Tchou & Sons., 1989. Limited edition, 568/1000 on pure Lana Royal paper. Near fine. Facsimile of 1735 edition. Oversize map on 20 sheets, unjoined except for sheets 18 and 19. Complete. More
Milan: Italgeo, 1950. Small card portfolio atlas, 13 x 9 1/2 inches. Patterned in green with brown title label and brown cloth spine. 19 color lithographs. In very good condition. Special edition Farmitalia: Milan, 1950. Special edition of Nicouline's pictorial masterpiece of 19 maps, one of all of Italy and 18 of the regions. Card wrappers titled to upper cover, historical notes and geographical descriptions of the area. Playful advertisements printed in color for Farmitalia, also by Nicouline. Maps loosely..... More
Philadelphia: John Mellish, 1816. Atlas. 182 pp. Illustrated with four uncolored maps and one fold out hand colored map. Small folio (8.25" x 5.5"); wear to original marble board and half leather binding: spine is gilded in 6 compartments. Second edition. Owner signature in ink on front free end paper (Joseph Hamblin). Overall toning and scattered foxing throughout. One page of text with a small tear. Philadelphia: John Mellish, 1816. Four uncolored maps include Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1930. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 94 maps along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1974. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Large tear to spine of original protective canvas cover. This volume includes the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway expansion which connected to Grand Central Parkway, the La Guardia Airport prior to runway extension, and original..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1929. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 76 detailed maps of southern Brooklyn along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1973. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Tear to spine and lower right corner of original protective canvas cover. This volume includes the terminus of Prospect Expressway, the underground route of the Long Island Railroad..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1929. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 78 detailed maps of southern Brooklyn along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1973. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Tear to spine of original protective canvas cover. This volume includes the new Belt Parkway ("Shore Parkway") and undeveloped waterfront land that is now filled-in parks and piers..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1934. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 91 maps along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1973. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Medium tear to spine of original protective canvas cover. This volume includes part of Auburndale and Little Neck, the border to Nassau County, Fort Totten, Clearview Golf Course, and the Horace Harding/Clearview..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1928. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 64 detailed maps of Brooklyn along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1974. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Tear to spine of original protective canvas cover. This volume includes Kings Highway Extension and a corner of Evergreen Cemetery. The Sanborn map collection consists of a uniform series..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1928. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 101 detailed maps of eastern Brooklyn and Jamaica Bay along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1974. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Large tear to spine of original protective canvas cover. This volume includes Paerdegat and Fresh Creek Basins before artificial widening, Shore Parkway and the Long..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1930. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 86 detailed maps of southern Brooklyn along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1974. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Minor wear to spine of original protective canvas cover. This volume includes Sheepshead Bay, Shore Parkway, Gravesend Bay, Beach Line, the Boardwalk and the Cyclone. The Sanborn map..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1915. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 89 detailed maps of Astoria along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1974. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Original protective canvas cover in good condition. This volume includes Astoria Boulevard leading to "Triborough Plaza/GCP", Hell Gate Rail Bridge. Indicates Triborough Bridge location, but map only shows the..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1933. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 73 maps along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1973. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Slight wear to original protective canvas cover. This volume includes Breezy Point, Belle Harbor, Arverne, Fort Tilden and Jacob Riis Park. Also included is a "Graphic Map of Volumes" of the Borough..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1934. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 46 maps along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1974. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Original protective canvas cover in good condition. This volume includes Hillcrest and part of Jamaica Estates, Grand Central Parkway to the south and Horace Harding Expressway (Long Island Expressway) to the north..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1927. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 76 detailed maps along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1974. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Large tear to spine of original protective canvas cover. This volume includes the area between Rockaway and Lefferts Boulevards, and also shows the widened Woodhaven Boulevard and the Long Island Railroad..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1925. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 79 maps along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1970. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Tear to spine of original protective canvas cover. This volume includes part of Richmond Hill and the Van Wyck Expressway, and the original Jamaica Station on the Long Island Railroad at the..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1925. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 90 maps along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1974. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. This volume includes part of South Jamaica, the Long Island Railroad split of the Main Line and the Montauk Line, and a Queens neighborhood reference inset. The Sanborn map collection consists of..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1928. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 76 detailed maps of East New York along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1973. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Original protective canvas cover in very good condition. This volume includes an inset "Map of Islands of Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY", Sunrise Highway and Conduit Avenue Extension..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1933. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 73 detailed maps of East Williamsburg and Bushwick along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1973. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Slight wear and small tear to spine of original protective canvas cover. This volume includes the Queens border between Newtown Creek and Evergreen Cemetery, Meeker Bridge..... More
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1932. Atlas. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Massive elephant folio. Decorative calligraphic titles, indices, and key maps. Contains a set of 73 maps along with changes recorded on paste-on correction slips through 1973. Quarter leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Original protective canvas cover in very good condition. This volume includes Elmhurst Heights, the partially completed Brooklyn Queens Expressway ("Connecting Highway/Laurel Hill Blvd."), bordered on the south by the Queens-Midtown Expressway. The..... More
Reading, Pennslyvania: C.C. Pease. Folio. Atlas with 61 map-sheets plus lithographed views. 167 pp. Restored. Title page and table of contents missing. Advertisement from last page missing. Front board is brown pebbled cloth decoratively stamped with black and gilt. New cloth back strip and end papers. Book measures 17 1/2" x 14 3/4". Pages measure 17 1/4" x 14 1/2". This magnificent, complete atlas provides an incomparable look into 100 years of Bergen County's history. Generally known as "Walker's Atlas"..... More
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