2008-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2008
Wade & Croome's Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to Albany. Drawn from Nature & Engraved by William Wade, New York, published by J. Disturnell, 1846. 12mo cloth covers decorated in gilt, backstrip loose, interior fine. The engraved map is hand colored, tipped in the book and presented in a fanfold. When unfolded the map is an impressive 144” by 5-1/2.” The Hudson is presented as perspective views of both the east and west banks extending from Manhattan to Albany. Inverting the guide presents a clear birds-eye view of the opposite bank. This copy is the second edition of three and the first to contain descriptive text 32pp. bound in the back of book. The first edition appeared in 1845 and the third in 1847. All three editions are absent from Sabin and Phillips. Very scarce.
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