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Lot 492

[MAP]. Guide to Strangers Map of Boston [cover title]. Bost...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[MAP].?Guide to Strangers Map of Boston [cover title].?Boston: J. Mayer & Co., 1872. 12mo. 4 ads mounted to front pastedown and on three panels of the map verso. Large hand?colored lithograph folding plan of Boston (419 x 635 mm) on linen as issued, hand?stamped showing two buildings (Coliseum and Oak Hall); cased in original brown cloth gilt (separation along rear joint). A RARE POCKET MAP SHOWING BOSTON JUST BEFORE THE GREAT FIRE OF THAT SAME YEAR. See Leventhal Collection G3764.B6 1872 .J53; Not in Rumsey. [With:] WALLING, H.F. Map of Boston and the Country Adjacent, from Actual Surveys. Boston: A. Williams & Company, 1872. 12mo. Large hand?colored folding map of Boston and the area surrounding (483 x 673 mm); cased in original green cloth gilt. Provenance: I.W. Hayden (pencil signature dated 1872). Not in Rumsey.