Plan of the City of Philadelphia

by William R. Birch, Thomas Birch, William Barker

$3,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Plate 3 from the very rare first American colour-plate book, with views that are uniquely valuable among American historical prints Martin Snyder . The plan presents Philadelphia at the close of its decade as the national capital, with the city proper set between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers and the adjoining districts of Northern Liberties and Southwark marked at the margins. The rectilinear street grid, public squares, wards, wharves, and principal open spaces are

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