Map of Boston, 1872, after the Latest Surveys, with All the Improvements in Progress

by James B. Gardner

$500 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Boston: L. Prang & Co., Publishers of Prang's American Chromos. 1872. Chromolithographic broadside map, 24 x 27 inches, a detailed street grid of the city printed in four colors. Includes a directory to streets, hotels, public buildings, places of amusement, etc. Folded into gilt-stamped rust cloth boards, a chromolithographic trade card for Prang mounted on the front pastedown. Several clean tears and breaks professionally mended on verso. Very

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