Colored 1827 map of New York with Erie Canal and another.
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Map of the State of New York, published by A. Finley, Philad[elphi]a, 1827. J. H. Young, sc. Strong thin paper map, hand colored as issued, showing the Erie Canal (completed little more than one year earlier by Irishmen weilding hand shovels) both as it runs from the Hudson River to Buffalo AND in large inset at lower left "Profile of the Levels of the Grand Erie Canal." Approx. 17 x 21.5 inches, folded into orig. duodecimo tan leather folder (roller-grained to resemble morocco), front stamped in gilt NEW YORK. Spotted and with some patches of separation at fold intersections, but crisp and bright.
Boyd, Andrew. Boyd's Rochester Directory [for] 1863-4. Rochester, N.Y.: D. M. Dewey [and] E.Darrow & Brother, [1863]. With many colored-paper leaves, illustrated advertisements (for the Willards' Troy Female Seminary, etc., etc.). Rebound in later cloth, but preserving fore-edge advertisement. Includes excellent display advertisement by Rochester printers.
Boyd, Andrew. Boyd's Rochester Directory [for] 1863-4. Rochester, N.Y.: D. M. Dewey [and] E.Darrow & Brother, [1863]. With many colored-paper leaves, illustrated advertisements (for the Willards' Troy Female Seminary, etc., etc.). Rebound in later cloth, but preserving fore-edge advertisement. Includes excellent display advertisement by Rochester printers.
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Colored 1827 map of New York with Erie Canal and another.
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