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Lot 497

[MAP]. SMITH, W.H., compiler. Smith’s Brooklyn Directory, f...

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[MAP]. SMITH, W.H., compiler.?Smith?s Brooklyn Directory, for the Year Ending May 1st, 1857. Being a Directory of the Inhabitants with an Avenue and Street Guide, and an Appendix.?Brooklyn: Charles Jenkins, 1856. Tall 8vo. Folding map frontispiece titled ?Map of the City of Brooklyn? (279 x 483 mm) (closed tear near gutter); numerous inserted ads with wood?engraved vignettes. Original quarter brown morocco gilt, printed advertisements over boards (extremes a bit rubbed). A VERY RARE MAP OF AN EARLY VIEW OF BROOKLYN.