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Auction 128, Lot 342
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"Boston with Charlestown and Roxbury", SDUK Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Subject: Massachusetts, Boston

Period: 1842 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.6 x 14.6 inches
29.5 x 37.1 cm
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First edition of this detailed steel engraved plan of Boston and the surrounding cities prior to the filling of the Back Bay. Major railways are shown in red including the Providence Railway, Worchester Railway, Charleston Branch Railway, Lowell Railway, and the Eastern Railway. Other details include historical landmarks, hospitals, gardens, parks, wharfs, other port details, and more. Engraved by B.R. Davies and published by Chapman & Hall.

References: Tooley (Amer) p. 209, #107.

Condition: B+

Very good image with a little foxing in margins and a trace in the map. Fine impression and original hand coloring.

Estimate: $375 - $450

Sold for: $275

Closed on 5/20/2009

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