DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF NEW YORK, 1850, Maps, Views, Disbound Signatures

Group of disbound gatherings, lithographic plates, and folding maps from the Documentary History of the State of New-York. Albany: lithographed by Richard H. Pease and others, circa 1849-1851. Includes sections on the City of New-York, Medals and Coins, and the 1755 Census of Slaves. Accompanied by folding lithographed maps including Champlain’s 1632 map, Livingston Manor, and views including Aurora and Baron Steuben’s residence.

Disbound, with visible wear; heavy foxing and dampstaining to several folding maps and plates; multiple folds creased with small edge nicks and short splits; sewing threads exposed or loose along spine edges of signatures.