Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

152 c   (NEW YORK CITY.) Viele, Egbert. Map of the City of New York from the Battery to 80th St. Showing the Original Topography of Manhattan Island. Lithographed folding map. 18 1 / 4 x32 1 / 2 inches sheet size, ample margins; staining, small losses, backed on verso with stiff gauze. sold as is . Albany: New York State Senate, 1859 [300/500] A precursor to Viele’s famous “Water Map” of 1865, compiled to visually aid his testimony to the New York Senate on the drainage and sanitary conditions of the city in 1859. 153 c   (NEW YORK CITY.) Viele, Egbert. Topographical Atlas of the City of New York Including the Annexed Territory, Showing Original Water Courses and Made Land. Large map of Manhattan and the Bronx on 5 color-tinted lithographed sheets joined. 28 1 / 2 x94 inches; mounted to board, varnish yellowed with cracks, scuffs and stains. sold as is . New York, 1874 [400/600] Viele’s revised and enlarged “Water Map” wanting a serious commitment to restoration. 153 152