1866 New York City 1ed Business Manhattan Illustrated Corporation Plates & MAPS

1866 New York City 1^ed Business Manhattan Illustrated Corporation Plates & MAPS

‘Manual of the Corporation of New York’ is a rare, Civil War-era handbook written for businesses and businessmen in New York in 1866. This book provides details on various companies and notable buildings in New York, providing details on committee members, locations in the town, and impressive illustrations.

This 1866 edition is filled with a myriad of full-page and folding plates!

Item number: #26747

Price: $750

VALENTINE, D.T.

Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, 1866.

New York: Valentine: 1866.  First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • xvi, [17]-820
  • Heavily illustrated throughout (13 plates in color, 2 folding maps/plans)
• Provenance:
  • Handwritten – Ignatius Flynn
    • Alderman of New York’s 5^th district during 1866. His seat and signature are included in this edition’s section and plates detailing the aldermen for the year.
  • Stamp – Peter A. Frasse
    • Peter Abraham Frasse (1822-1891) was a New York steel and hardware merchant, and founder of Peter A. Frasse & Co. When his father, Henry F. Frasse, immigrated to America from Switzerland, he became the first importer of watchmaker’s tools in the country. The family was known to be associates of Robert Fulton, and the Frasses are credited with supplying many of the tools utilized by the inventor in the creation of the steamboat.
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
    • Brown cloth
  • Size: ~7.75in X 5in (19.5cm x 13cm)

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