Northeast-Southeast/ New York City/ Bermuda. GASTALDI, G. [Venice, 1548] Tierra Nueva. 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches. A fine example with an uncommonly strong impression. .....
New York City Plans & Views
Northeast/ New York City. JANSSON, J. [Amsterdam, 1651] Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, Et Partis Virginiae Novissima Delineatio. 17 ¼ x 20 ¼ inches. Superb original color; a few vertical creases else excellent with wide margins. .....
New York City/ Boston/ Colonial History. CARWITHAM, John/ BOWLES & CARVER. [London: 1764 or later/ c. 1793-1832] A South-West View of the City of New York in North America. London. Printed for Bowles & Carvek, No. 69. St. Paul’s Church Yard. No. 35 at lower left. 11 ¾ 17 3/8.....
BENNETT, William J. [New York: Geo. E. Perine: 1867] A BRISK GALE, BAY OF NEW YORK. Aquatint finished with hand color of the period. Printed area: 17 ½ x 22 ½ inches; professionally lined with rice paper, light glue & tape residue outer part of upper margin, corners of.....
New York City/ Transportation History. SALOMON, George [New York: 1958] OFFICIAL NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY MAP AND STATION GUIDE… Copyright, 1958 New York City Transit Authority. Designed by George Salomon. [Title repeated on verso on cover segment of map.] Color printed. 20 x 15 ¾ (printed area). Uncut & unfolded.....
TAURANAC, John/ MICHAEL HERTZ ASSOCIATES/ MTA. [New York: 1979] New York Subway Map. 59 x 46 inches. Color printed on a single sheet; excellent condition. This is a truly remarkable survival: the first edition in a very large-scale format of what was the official New York City subway map.....
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New England/ New York City. RAMUSIO, J. B./ GASTALDI, G. [Venice, 1556] La Nuova Francia. 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. Woodcut map. A few minor marginal repairs, else excellent condition. .....
Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae.
This is the most lavishly decorative of all the early editions of the best 17th century, Dutch map of the Northeast and New York. It added illustrations of animals and other detail not found on previous issues. The map was the culmination of all the surveys of the area conducted.....
Manhattan/ American Revolution. MONTRESOR, John/ DURY, Andrew (publisher) [London, 1775] A Plan of the City of New-York & its Environs to Greenwich... Survey'd in the Winter, 1775 Sold by A. Dury, Dukes Court St. Martins Lane. 25 ¼ x 20 ½ inches. Fine original color possibly with slight re-touching; stain.....
Plan of the City of New York, in North America: Surveyed in the Years 1766 & 1767.
Rare; a superb example of the best executed and most beautiful, printed map one can acquire of early New York, and arguably, the masterpiece of 18th century, American, urban cartography. In addition to a plan of the city itself, the work provides a remarkable evocation of the pre-development landscape of.....
A Sketch of the Operations of His Majesty’s Fleet and Army under the Command of Vice Admiral the Rt. Hble. Lord Viscount Howe and Genl. Sr. Wm. Howe K. B. in 1776.
"One of the greatest of the Atlantic Neptune charts, with the best topographical information on the lower Hudson River valley, western Long Island, and Staten Island” (Nebenzahl, Bibliography). A rare and highly evocative map that provides a cartographic overview of both the ground and naval actions of the Revolutionary War.....
Five New York Harbor Views.
New York City/ American Revolution/ Navigation. DES BARRES, J. F. W. [London, Octr. 4, 1777] Five Profile Views from Various Points in New York Harbor, Including One Showing the City Itself. 28 x 18 ¼ inches. Aquatints with delicate, original wash color; fine condition. .....
Brooklyn/ New York/ African-American History. HOOKER, William [New York, 1827] Hooker's New Pocket Plan of the Village of Brooklyn: Compiled and Surveyed by E.C. Ward, U.S.N.S. . . 15 x 18 1/2 inches. Engraved folding map with original wash color; reinforced chipping & splits along lower margin, mended split right.....
Long Island/ Manhattan/ Geology. MATHER, W. W./ SMITH, T. C. [New York?, 1842] Geological Map of Long & Staten Islands with the Environs of New York… 22 x 50 inches. Folding, lithographed map with fine, full original wash color; a few, confined toned areas, else fine condition. .....
BACHMANN, John / SCHEDLER & LIEBLER [New York: 1851] Bird's Eye View of New-York & Brooklyn. 25 x 32 ½ inches. Lithograph delicately finished with hand color. Mounted on rice paper, a few minor repairs, else excellent. .....
Nautical Chart: Block Island to Cuba. BLUNT, E. & G. W./ COPLEY, Charles [New York, 1853] Coast Of North America from Point Judith to Cape St. Antonio. (Island Of Cuba) Including The Bhama Banks… Every Authentic Survey, American, English & Spanish, Has Been Used In The Construction Of This Chart… 29.....
PHELPS, Humphrey [New York: 1857] Phelps' New York City Map, With Portions of Brooklyn, Jersey City, Williamsburgh, Greenpoint, Astoria, and Hoboken… 25 x 45 ¾ inches. 25 x 45 ¾ inches. Lithographed wall map with fine original color, refreshed; professionally conserved & re-backed, with some stabilized tears and a few.....
Northeast/ Canada/ Transportation History. SMITH, J. Calvin [New York: 1855/ 1858] Smith’s Rail Road, Steam Boat & Stage Route Map Of New England, New-York And Canada. By J. Calvin Smith. Published by J. Calvin Smith71 Nassau St. N.Y. MDCCCLVIII. 22 X 26 ¾ inches. Folding map, here flattened & mounted.....
Large, Untitled Chart of Long Island Sound, the Connecticut Shoreline, New York City & Vicinity, All of Long Island. [With three large, titled inset charts:] Chart Of Massachusetts Bay…/ Chart Of The East River Entrance To New York … / Hell Gate, And Its Approaches….
Rare. This was as authoritative a chart of these waters as was available at the time. Despite its density of detail, the chart was engraved with uncommon clarity. Its delineation of the Connecticut shoreline includes the many, small harbor islands, especially along the western shore. Also, all inlets, rivers and.....
CHS. MAGNUS LITH ?/ [New York: c. 1860] Untitled View of Central Park. 21 ½ x 19 3/8 inches. Lithograph with period hand color, printed on the verso of a facsimile of the Bradford/ Lyne map of New York City; professionally mounted on mulberry paper with minor restoration to outer margins and.....
New York City. BACHMANN, J./ KIMMEL & FORSTER [New York, 1865] Birds Eye View Of New York And Environs. 12 ¼ x 18 inches. Hand colored lithograph; excellent condition. Very scarce, delicately executed and colored bird’s-eye view of New York City as it was at the end of the Civil.....
Manhattan. VIELE, Egbert L. [New York, 1865] Topographical Map of the City of New York,… 18 x 62 ½ inches. Lithograph with original hand color; flattened & mounted on rice paper, light discoloration & a few reinforcements at some folds, else excellent. With pamphlet (13 pp) describing the map and.....
New York City & America’s Cup History. MCLOUGHLIN BROS. [1887 (copyright)/ 1888 (published)] The Yacht Race Game. Large folding game board, 31 ¼ x 16 inches. With spinner in the form of a compass and 8 (of 8) playing pieces in the form of yachts on wooden supports. All housed in.....
New York City. BURROUGHS & COMPANY [New York, 1904] The New York Subway Souvenir. 9 ¼ x 7 1/8 inches. Paper covers. 47 pp. with several photos, advertisements, and a double-page subway map. Some staining, scuffed area, & minor edge chipping to front cover; internally paper a bit age-toned, still.....
Greenwich Village/ Architectural & Art History/ Women Artists. KLITGAARD, Kaj (1883-1953) (artist)/ RUDGE, William Edwin (publisher) [New York, 1927] Map of Greenwich Village made for The Whitney Studio Club. 23 x 29 ½ inches. Color process print. Expertly conserved & mounted on mulberry paper, lightly toned; several closed marginal splits.....